rhythmic
Having regular beat
Rhythmic describes something characterized by rhythm—a regular, repeated pattern of sound, movement, or emphasis.
Music can be rhythmic, as can breathing, dancing, or the crash of waves: the rhythmic beating of drums, her rhythmic footsteps on the pavement.
Rhythmical means the same thing but appears less often.
Rate of musical performance
- syncopationStressed unexpected beats
- percussionSound through impact
- grooveNarrow cut or routine
- backbeatAccent on weak beats
downbeat · upbeat · swing · meter · measure · drummer · metronome · timekeeper
Rhythmic cardiac contraction
- pulseArterial blood throb
- breathingPulmonary gas exchange
- gaitLocomotion pattern
- strideExtended single footstep
footfall · circulation · systole · diastole · palpitation · throb · respiration · locomotion
Sudden powerful increase
- pulseArterial blood throb
- ebbGradual retreat seaward
- tideOcean's cyclical swell
- currentDirected flow of charge
cascade · wave · undulation · circulation · streaming · pulsation · throb · coursing
Pleasing sequence of notes
- syncopationStressed unexpected beats
- staccatoShort, separated note style
- legatoUnbroken musical phrasing
- phrasingManner of expressing something
dynamics · articulation · ornamentation · counterpoint · arpeggio · ostinato · riff · vamp
Act of redoing
- cycleRepeating sequence of events
- intervalDuration between two points
- sequenceOrdered succession of elements
- regularityConsistent, predictable occurrence
periodicity · oscillation · recurrence · alternation · symmetry · iteration · loop · undulation
tempo
Rate of musical performance
- syncopationStressed unexpected beats
- percussionSound through impact
- grooveNarrow cut or routine
backbeat · downbeat · upbeat · swing · meter · measure · drummer · metronome · timekeeper · drumline
heartbeat
Rhythmic cardiac contraction
stride · footfall · circulation · systole · diastole · palpitation · throb · respiration · locomotion · biorhythm
surge
Sudden powerful increase
current · cascade · wave · undulation · circulation · streaming · pulsation · throb · coursing · swell
melody
Pleasing sequence of notes
- syncopationStressed unexpected beats
- staccatoShort, separated note style
- legatoUnbroken musical phrasing
phrasing · dynamics · articulation · ornamentation · counterpoint · arpeggio · ostinato · riff · vamp · motif
repetition
Act of redoing
- cycleRepeating sequence of events
- intervalDuration between two points
- sequenceOrdered succession of elements
regularity · periodicity · oscillation · recurrence · alternation · symmetry · iteration · loop · undulation · wave
choreography
Designing performance movement sequences
- sambaAfro-Brazilian celebratory dance
- tangoLatin ballroom with sharp stops
- salsaSpicy tomato condiment
flamenco · waltz · ballet · hip-hop · tap · swing · foxtrot · ballroom · mambo · capoeira
- breathingbreathing, inhalation, breath, exhalation, breathe
- dance qualitiesfluidity, graceful, musicality, grace, choreographed
- music wordsacoustic, melodic, harmonic, bass, treble
- music adjectivesmelodic, harmonic, tonal, tuneful, acoustic
- RaiKhaled, Algeria
- motionmotion, movement, velocity, speed, momentum
rhythmicarrhythmic
Lacking regular beat
erratic · irregular · unrhythmic · random · sporadic
rhythmicunmeasured
Not quantified or gauged
arrhythmic · unrhythmical · unmetered · free-form · prosaic
- rhythm sectionsBeat-keeping instrumentalists
- rhythm and bluesPostwar Black popular music
- cardiac rhythmPattern of heartbeats
- heart rhythmPattern of heartbeats
- rhythm guitarChordal strumming for support
- circadian rhythmBuilt-in sleep-wake cycle
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