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rhythm

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In the widest sense, a dividing into short portions by a regular succession of motions, impulses, sounds, accents, etc., producing an agreeable effect, as in music poetry, the dance, or the like.

Movement in musical time, with periodical recurrence of accent; the measured beat or pulse which marks the character and expression of the music; symmetry of movement and accent.

A division of lines into short portions by a regular succession of arses and theses, or percussions and remissions of voice on words or syllables.

The harmonious flow of vocal sounds.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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Music creates order out of chaos: for rhythm imposes unanimity upon the divergent, melody imposes continuity upon the disjointed, and harmony imposes compatibility upon the incongruous. Yehudi Menuhin

The natural rhythm of human life is routine punctuated by orgies. Aldous Huxley

Vision is the true creative rhythm. Robert Delaunay

If the rhythm of the drumbeats changes, the dance steps must adapt. African Proverb

If the rhythm of the drum beat changes, the dance step must adapt. Kossi Proverb

When the music changes, then the rhythm of the dance must change also. Tuareg Proverb

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