Visualizing Rhythm as Geometry - A Dev Experiment

Most rhythm tools show beats on a timeline. But rhythm is cyclical, not linear. That got me thinking: what if we visualized rhythms as shapes? So I built eRhythm — it maps rhythm cycles onto a circle, where beats become points and patterns become polygons. The result surprised me. Some complex rhythms that are hard to read on sheet music suddenly become obvious shapes. → Try one: Palito Afro-Cuban How it works (conceptually) Each step maps to an angle on a circle: jsangle = (step / total_steps) * 360° Connect the beats → you get a polygon. Some look random. Some are perfectly symmetrical. Some grooves just click visually. Interesting side effect Musicians say: "This makes polyrhythms easier to understand." Developers say: "This looks like algorithm visualization." Which makes sense - rhythm is a kind of algorithm. Where it's at Still building. Working on more rhythms, better interaction, cleaner visuals. Main project: erhythm.org Does visualizing rhythm this way actually help understan