triple rhythm

American  

noun

Prosody.

1. a rhythmic pattern created by a succession of trisyllabic feet.

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Etymology

Origin of triple rhythm

First recorded in 1720–30

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triple rhythm

The "regularity" of the former rhythm imparts a certain stability and squareness to the entire piece, while triple rhythm is more graceful and circular in effect.

From Lessons in Music Form A Manual of Analysis of All the Structural Factors and Designs Employed in Musical Composition by Goetschius, Percy

This dance—or rather, processional march—is always in triple rhythm and based on a definite rhythmic formula: either or .

From Music: An Art and a Language by Spalding, Walter Raymond

This species may also be written in triple rhythm.

From A Treatise on Simple Counterpoint in Forty Lessons by Lehmann, Friedrich Johann

The fourth consists of a seemingly capricious intermixture of dual and triple rhythm, and is especially noticeable in Spanish and Portuguese music as well as in that of their South American descendants.

From Critical and Historical Essays Lectures delivered at Columbia University by Baltzell, W. J. (Winton James)

In triple rhythm the accent is followed by two lighter beats, creating similarly constant, but irregular alternation of heavy and light pulses.

From Lessons in Music Form A Manual of Analysis of All the Structural Factors and Designs Employed in Musical Composition by Goetschius, Percy