steady beat
Metronome's consistent tempo
A steady beat is a consistent, unchanging pulse or rhythm, especially in music.
It's the underlying tempo that remains constant throughout a piece, providing structure for melody and movement.
Musicians and dancers rely on a steady beat to stay synchronized.
Children learn to clap along to a steady beat in early music education.
The phrase also applies outside music: Her heart maintained a steady beat.
- rhythmPatterned stress and silence
- pulseArterial blood throb
- tempoRate of musical performance
- time signatureRhythmic fraction notation
- metronomeAdjustable beat-marking device
tick tock · keeping time · heartbeat · heart rate · drumming · bass drum · drum machine · thump · ticking · cadence · pounding · regular · march · marching band · consistent · unwavering · clock · bassline
- kids musicsinging, songs, lullabies, nursery rhymes, alphabet songs
- rhythmsrhythm, syncopation, offbeat, cadence, downbeat
- Musical Timingmetronome, pulse, tempo, rhythm, timing
- rhythm termsrhythm, tempo, meter, cadence, syncopation
- Technotechno, Detroit techno, 808, four-on-the-floor, kick drum
- heartbeatpulse, throb, lub-dub, thump, pounding
steady beatsyncopation
Stressed unexpected beats
irregular rhythm · offbeat · polyrhythm · cross-rhythm · rubato
steady beatfree time
Unscheduled personal hours
ad libitum · out of time · rubato · tempo changes · accelerando
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