MUSICAL RHYTHM

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Meaning:

The basic rhythmic unit in a piece of music

Example:

the conductor set the beat

Synonyms:

beat; musical rhythm; rhythm

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("musical rhythm" is a kind of...):

musical time ((music) the beat of musical rhythm)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "musical rhythm"):

backbeat (a loud steady beat)

downbeat (the first beat of a musical measure (as the conductor's arm moves downward))

offbeat; upbeat (an unaccented beat (especially the last beat of a measure))

syncopation (a musical rhythm accenting a normally weak beat)