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

Example Sentences

It was in the passage where, for several pages, every three bars make up a triple rhythm, as shown on the following page.

From Project Gutenberg

Triple rhythm or metre, however, implies a more circular and flowing movement.

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Grant was sporting his newly earned 1w plate, and crashed at the end of a triple/triple/triple rhythm section.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

From Project Gutenberg

The four Scherzos, for passion and eloquence, rank among Chopin's most characteristic works, though it seems impossible to trace a logical correspondence between the former classic meaning of the term "Scherzo" and the contents revealed to us in these poems; save that they are all in triple rhythm, hence on a dance-form basis.

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