rhythmic pulse
collocation in Englishmeaningsofrhythmicandpulse
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rhythmic
adjective
uk/ˈrɪð.mɪk/us/ˈrɪð.mɪk/
A rhythmic sound has a regular movement or beat that ...
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pulse
noun
uk/pʌls/us/pʌls/
the regular beating of the heart, especially when it is felt at the wrist or side of ...
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(Definition ofrhythmicandpulsefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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This kind of verse is characterized (typically) by an isochronousrhythmicpulseonto which linguistic material is mapped.
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He suggests playing music with the metronome as an effective practice strategy for synchronisation of complex movements with a simplerhythmicpulse.
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The unstructured introduction, where therhythmicpulseof the piece is yet to be established, conjures up the pre-dawn sky, where it is difficult to discern the land's features.
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In many cases, two-member bands will omit a drummer, since guitars, bass guitars, and keyboards can all be used to provide arhythmicpulse.
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The rhythm guitar part outlines the chord progression of a song and provides arhythmicpulse.
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He would often play against therhythmicpulse, or move into different time signatures.
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Dhrupad styles have long elaborate "alaps", their slow and deliberate melodic development gradually bringing an acceleratingrhythmicpulse.
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At the same time, basslines work along with the drum part and the other rhythm instruments to create a clearrhythmicpulse.
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This music has colour and arhythmicpulse; it creates characteristic sounds without losing itself in descriptive patterns.
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The type ofrhythmicpulseused in basslines varies widely in different types of music.
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A fever pitch ensues as dancers sway to therhythmicpulseof the drums.
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More often than not, it seems, rhythmic pulses go awry, and women especially suffer the consequences of such failure.
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What was conveyed to these people beyond the rhythmic pulses accompanying dance steps?
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Rhythmic pulses seem not to cohere into reasoned metrical structures, and those structures that do exist seem not to account for individual rhythmic pulses.
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On its own, the extract above is hardly strong on narrative sense, even if it is evocative of the rhythmic pulses of some unknown and alien ancient world.
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Like other cephalopods, they are propelled by jet by pulling water into the mantle cavity, and pushing it through the siphon, in gentle, rhythmic pulses.
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