rhythmic pattern
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- noun
- /ˈrɪðmɪk ˈpætərn/
- Literature
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patrón rítmico
- The poem's success lies in its intricate rhythmic pattern that captivates the audience.
- melodic and rhythmic patterns
- repeated rhythmic pattern
- chant the rhythmic pattern
Examples
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Connecting learned patterns to classroom songs and activities makes the rhythmic patterns relevant to young children.
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A violinist then added a lyrical melody above the repeating rhythmic patterns.
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Another group can work to keep a specific rhythmic pattern going.
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In this extension, rhythmic patterns are placed on flash cards.
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Write the students' rhythmic pattern on the board so that they see their pattern in notation.
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Or perhaps one of the student groups constructed a particular rhythmic pattern that the majority of students thought was distinctive.
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Extract rhythmic patterns from a known listening example and play along with a recording.
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The young band merged these rhythmic patterns into a creative performance of the piece.
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Have students read rhythmic patterns from flashcards or the board to practice the rolled technique.
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At the decoding stage, students learn to echo-clap rhythmic patterns and then generate their own patterns for others to echo.
Academic text (2002)
Synonyms
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A regular rhythm like the sound in music or a heartbeat
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A pattern of strong and weak beats in speech, especially in poetry
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A regular pattern of strong and weak beats in a poem or song
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A regular pattern of sounds like speech or marching
A pattern of strong and weak beats in a poem that makes it sound musical
A regular pattern of strong and weak beats in a poem
A regular rhythm that repeats in music, speech, or movement
Rhythm and sound patterns in a poem that give its beat
How Regular
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly built from the constituents: 'rhythmic' (having a repeated sound pattern) qualifies 'pattern' (a recurring arrangement), so a learner who knows both words can infer an arrangement of beats or stresses. This compositional relation is straightforward and cross-linguistically common (e.g., Spanish 'patrón rítmico'), making it transparent to a B1 learner despite the technical prosody context.
Etymology
The noun rhythmic pattern comes from the image of repeated beats, like a steady heartbeat or marching feet where rhythmic shows the beat and pattern shows the repeating order. So, it means the regular order of 'stressed' and 'unstressed' syllables that gives a poem its rhythm.