Meaning of xenochrony | Babel Free

Definitions

A studio technique where a guitar solo or other musical part is transposed into a completely different song.

uncommon, uncountable

Examples

“Still, xenochrony was new: he had to fight⟳ his own⟳ engineers to allow⟳ him to do it, and it resulted in some extraordinary music.”

“Xenochrony is the technical term for this, and you can hear⟳ it when several shamans participate⟳ in one ritual, each with a personal tempo of drumming, each addressing personal spirits. Xenochrony became, in fact, an important strand in the story of K-Space, the trio that Ken Hyder and I put⟳ together with Tuvan singer and instrumentalist Gendos Chamzyryn.”

CEFR level