"Rhythm (from Greek ῥυθμός, rhythmos, 'any regular recurring motion, symmetry') generally means a 'movement marked by the regulated succession of strong and weak elements, or of opposite or different conditions'."
Understanding note values, rests, and how to read rhythmic notation in sheet music.
Meter: The organization of recurring beats into groups that create a sense of strong and weak accents.
Tempo: The speed at which music is performed or played.
Rhythmic notation: The symbols used to indicate duration and timing of musical notes and rests.
Time signatures: The musical notation used to indicate the meter of a composition, expressed as a fraction placed at the beginning of a piece of music.
Syncopation: A rhythmic pattern that emphasizes the off-beat or weak beats, creating a feeling of instability.
Polyrhythm: The simultaneous use of several rhythm patterns, resulting in complex layers of beats.
Groove: The rhythmic feel or flow of a piece of music, created by the interaction of the different instruments and their individual rhythms.
Swing: A type of rhythmic feel common in jazz and blues, characterized by uneven or delayed beats in a regular pattern.
Rhythmic modes: A system of organizing rhythms based on a fixed set of rhythmic patterns and their possible combinations.
Drumming techniques: The physical techniques and patterns used in playing percussion instruments to create different rhythms and grooves.
Beat: The regular pulse of a music piece.
Tempo: The speed of the beat.
Meter: The pattern of strong and weak beats.
Syncopation: The accenting of unexpected beats or offbeats.
Polyrhythm: The use of multiple rhythms simultaneously.
Polymeter: The use of multiple meters simultaneously.
Rhythmic modes: The use of specific rhythmic patterns in Medieval and Renaissance music.
Swing rhythm: A jazz rhythm where the beats are not equally spaced.
Shuffle rhythm: A rhythm where the notes are played in unequal lengths within a beat.
Ostinato: A repeating rhythmic pattern.
Riff: A short, repeated rhythmic pattern.
Groove: A consistent and infectious beat.
Backbeat: The accenting of the second and fourth beat in a 4/4 meter.
Clave: A Latin rhythm consisting of two wooden sticks.
Drum fills: Short rhythmic patterns used to transition between song sections.
"This general meaning of regular recurrence or pattern in time can apply to a wide variety of cyclical natural phenomena having a periodicity or frequency of anything from microseconds to several seconds..."
"Rhythm is related to and distinguished from pulse, meter, and beats."
"Rhythm may be defined as the way in which one or more unaccented beats are grouped in relation to an accented one."
"A rhythmic group can be apprehended only when its elements are distinguished from one another, rhythm...always involves an interrelationship between a single, accented (strong) beat and either one or two unaccented (weak) beats."
"In the performance arts, rhythm is the timing of events on a human scale; of musical sounds and silences that occur over time, of the steps of a dance, or the meter of spoken language and poetry."
"In some performing arts, such as hip hop music, the rhythmic delivery of the lyrics is one of the most important elements of the style."
"Rhythm may also refer to visual presentation, as 'timed movement through space' and a common language of pattern unites rhythm with geometry."
"For example, architects often speak of the rhythm of a building, referring to patterns in the spacing of windows, columns, and other elements of the façade."
"Recent work in these areas includes books by Maury Yeston, Fred Lerdahl and Ray Jackendoff, Jonathan Kramer, Christopher Hasty, Godfried Toussaint, William Rothstein, Joel Lester, and Guerino Mazzola."
"This general meaning of regular recurrence or pattern in time can apply to a wide variety of cyclical natural phenomena."
"Rhythm is related to and distinguished from pulse, meter, and beats."
"In the performance arts, rhythm is the timing of events on a human scale; of musical sounds and silences that occur over time, of the steps of a dance, or the meter of spoken language and poetry."
"The rhythmic delivery of the lyrics is one of the most important elements of the style."
"Rhythm may also refer to visual presentation, as 'timed movement through space' and a common language of pattern unites rhythm with geometry."
"For example, architects often speak of the rhythm of a building, referring to patterns in the spacing of windows, columns, and other elements of the façade."
"Recent work in these areas includes books by Maury Yeston, Fred Lerdahl and Ray Jackendoff, Jonathan Kramer, Christopher Hasty, Godfried Toussaint, William Rothstein, Joel Lester, and Guerino Mazzola."
"This general meaning of regular recurrence or pattern in time can apply to a wide variety of cyclical natural phenomena having a periodicity or frequency of anything from microseconds to several seconds..."
"Rhythm may be defined as the way in which one or more unaccented beats are grouped in relation to an accented one."
"A rhythmic group can be apprehended only when its elements are distinguished from one another, rhythm...always involves an interrelationship between a single, accented (strong) beat and either one or two unaccented (weak) beats."