counter-rhythmn.
A subordinate rhythm acting as a counterbalance to the main rhythm.
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beat-rhythmc1873–4
triple time1880
counter-rhythm1927
society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > duration of notes > proportion of notes or rhythm > [noun] > action of putting into rhythm > types of rhythm
swing1829
sprung rhythm1877
dance-rhythm1880
ragtime1896
slow drag1901
rumba1912
polymetre1922
cross-rhythm1926
tangana1926
counter-rhythm1927
ride1935
walking beat1935
ricky-tick1937
rock1937
shuffle rhythm1940
isorhythm1954
shuffle beat1955
tango rhythm1966
makossa1973
1927 T. S. Eliot Sel. Ess. (1953) 85 The musical counter-rhythms which Marlowe introduced.
1952 B. Ulanov Hist. Jazz in Amer. xviii. 214 Splashes of counter-rhythms, flashing tremolos.
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