💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Metrical structure"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| durational patternnoun | (music) Foreground details, such as rhythmic units or rhythmic gestures, as projected against a background metric structure. |
| rhythmnoun | The variation of strong and weak elements (such as duration, accent) of sounds, notably in speech or music, over time; a beat or meter. |
| metricalitynoun | The condition of being metrical |
| polyrhythmnoun | (uncountable, music) Music with multiple rhythmic elements played simultaneously. |
| cross-beatnoun | (music) The use of the rhythmic conflict found in polyrhythms as the basis of an entire musical work. |
| cadencenoun | Balanced, rhythmic flow. |
| homorhythmnoun | (music) A style of music that has the same rhythm throughout. |
| cross-rhythmnoun | (music) Synonym of cross-beat. |
| counterrhythmnoun | A rhythm that complements another rhythm. |
| metronomicitynoun | (usually of musical performance) The quality of being metronomic. |
| beatmatchingnoun | (music) The synchronization of beats in two pieces of music, as performed by a disc jockey in order to mix tracks seamlessly. |
| syncopationnoun | (music) The quality of a rhythm being somehow unexpected, in that it deviates from the strict succession of regularly spaced strong and weak beats in a meter. |
| groundnoun | The surface of the Earth, as opposed to the sky or water or underground. |
| cyclicismnoun | The use of cyclic structures in music, literature, etc. |
| otonalitynoun | (music) A family of pitches that can all be expressed as ratios with a specified fixed tone, such that all ratios have the same denominator. |
| ostinatonoun | (music) A piece of melody, a chord progression, or a bass figure that is repeated over and over as a musical accompaniment. |
| metastructurenoun | A structure that describes another structure. |
| variationnoun | The act of varying; a partial change in the form, position, state, or qualities of a thing. |
| well-formedness rulesnoun | (music) The conditions for hierarchy. |
| compositional grammarnoun | (music) consciously employed musical grammar. |
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