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triple rhythm

noun

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


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Word History and Origins

Origin of triple rhythm1

First recorded in 1720–30
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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.

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

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

One of his favorite devices is the altered grouping of the notes in a measure, so that there is a contrast between duple and triple rhythm, e.g., the following passage in the Second Symphony, where an effect of great vigor is produced.

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

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