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

The run is more of a triple rhythm, while the walk is dual.

From How to Add Ten Years to your Life and to Double Its Satisfactions by Curry, S. S. (Samuel Silas)

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

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

From Life of Beethoven by Schindler, Anton

The majority of players, however, seeming to hesitate at the moment when, by employing the syncopated form, the triple rhythm clashes with the dual rhythm, require assurance, 8which can be given by easy means.

From The Orchestral Conductor Theory of His Art by Berlioz, Hector

In the latter part of the song there are a number of changes between duple and triple rhythm.

From The Tinguian Social, Religious, and Economic Life of a Philippine Tribe by Cole, Fay-Cooper