Noun
(prosody) a system of versification
Source: WordNetChicago Tribune (1963-Current File) Reggae is played in 4/4 time because the symmetrical rhythmic pattern does not lend itself to other time signatures such as 3/4 time. Source: Internet
Oxford University Press recurs later during the development section of this movement, in a passage that Antony Hopkins (1981, p. 75) describes as “a rhythmic pattern that rides roughshod over the properties of a normal three-in-a bar.” Source: Internet
The student taps a rhythmic pattern in unison with the device. Source: Internet
Kulterman (1970), p. 28 The facade is designed with a rhythmic pattern; it comprises two types of facade designs ("a" and "b") that are ordered laterally in an a-b-a-a-b-a arrangement. Source: Internet
New Orleans producer-bandleader Dave Bartholomew first employed this figure (as a saxophone-section riff) on his own 1949 disc "Country Boy" and subsequently helped make it the most over-used rhythmic pattern in 1950s rock 'n' roll. Source: Internet
Weinstein observes that the wide array of sonic effects available to metal drummers enables the "rhythmic pattern to take on a complexity within its elemental drive and insistency". Source: Internet