I've found some time over this long weekend to put some more work into my research.
Contrary to popular belief, music is processed in both sides of the brain. Yes, the left side processes the intensity and frequency of music while the right handles pitch, melody, and harmony, but the auditory cortex as a whole perceives rhythm. Actually, the frontal cortex (responsible for critical thinking, and incidentally, making us responsible for our own actions) is involved in rhythms as well. So rhythms really are a complex aspect of music, and our brain has to use different parts to be able to understand them - as opposed to how only a single area of the brain is focused on perceiving simple musical tones.
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