repeated rhythmic pattern set against a pattern of notes or pitches
Isorhythm
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Hemiola
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rhythmic pattern where two notes are played in the time allotted to three or where three notes are played in the time allotte…
Hemiolia
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rhythmic pattern where two notes are played in the time allotted to three or where three notes are played in the time allotte…
Repeated Sequence of Two Notes
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see Repeated Notes, Sequences, & Passages
Arrange
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to set a work originally written for one instrument (or set of instruments) for another instrument or set of instruments
Changing notes
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non harmonic notes; two notes, one that leaves the chord note by a tone or semitone, then leaps to the next non harmonic note…
Clave
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five note, two bar rhythmic pattern which generates rhythmic measurement and is the foundation and backbone of salsa
Fracta modi
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ornamental notes that break into the steady pattern of rhythmic modes
Repeated passage
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see Repeated Notes, Sequences, & Passages