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A rhythmic unit is a durational pattern which occupies a period of time equivalent to a pulse
Pulse (music)

In music, a pulse or tactus is beat Non-ideal pulses varied according to strength or accent , which produce two- or three-pulse pulse groups , strong-weak and strong-weak-weak ....
 or pulses on an underlying metric level, as opposed to a rhythmic gesture
Rhythmic gesture

A rhythmic gesture is a durational pattern which, in contrast to a rhythmic unit, does not occupy a period of time equivalent to a pulse or pulses on an underlying metric level....
. Rhythmic units may be classified as:

even-note patterns, such as steady eighth note
Eighth note

An eighth note or a quaver is a Music note played for one eighth the duration of a whole note, hence the name.Eighth notes are notated with an oval, filled-in note head and a straight note stem with one flag ....
s or pulse
Pulse (music)

In music, a pulse or tactus is beat Non-ideal pulses varied according to strength or accent , which produce two- or three-pulse pulse groups , strong-weak and strong-weak-weak ....
s.
confirming patterns, such as dotted eighth-sixteenth note
Sixteenth note

In music, a sixteenth note or semiquaver is a note played for one sixteenth the duration of a whole note, hence the name. The semiquaver is half of a quaver which is an eighth note....
 and swing
Swung note

In music, a swung note or shuffle note is a rhythmic device in which the duration of the initial note in a pair is augmentation and that of the second is diminution....
 patterns.
non-confirming, or syncopated patterns.
irregular patterns, such as tuplet
Tuplet

In music a tuplet is any consecutive group of notes with an individual note value more or less than half as long as the next larger note value. This is usually indicated with a horizontal bracket with a number over a tuplet indicating how many notes of the same altered value are to be performed....
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, 1975, chap.






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A rhythmic unit is a durational pattern which occupies a period of time equivalent to a pulse
Pulse (music)

In music, a pulse or tactus is beat Non-ideal pulses varied according to strength or accent , which produce two- or three-pulse pulse groups , strong-weak and strong-weak-weak ....
 or pulses on an underlying metric level, as opposed to a rhythmic gesture
Rhythmic gesture

A rhythmic gesture is a durational pattern which, in contrast to a rhythmic unit, does not occupy a period of time equivalent to a pulse or pulses on an underlying metric level....
. Rhythmic units may be classified as:

  • Metric
even-note patterns, such as steady eighth note
Eighth note

An eighth note or a quaver is a Music note played for one eighth the duration of a whole note, hence the name.Eighth notes are notated with an oval, filled-in note head and a straight note stem with one flag ....
s or pulse
Pulse (music)

In music, a pulse or tactus is beat Non-ideal pulses varied according to strength or accent , which produce two- or three-pulse pulse groups , strong-weak and strong-weak-weak ....
s.
  • Intrametric
confirming patterns, such as dotted eighth-sixteenth note
Sixteenth note

In music, a sixteenth note or semiquaver is a note played for one sixteenth the duration of a whole note, hence the name. The semiquaver is half of a quaver which is an eighth note....
 and swing
Swung note

In music, a swung note or shuffle note is a rhythmic device in which the duration of the initial note in a pair is augmentation and that of the second is diminution....
 patterns.
  • Contrametric
non-confirming, or syncopated patterns.
  • Extrametric
irregular patterns, such as tuplet
Tuplet

In music a tuplet is any consecutive group of notes with an individual note value more or less than half as long as the next larger note value. This is usually indicated with a horizontal bracket with a number over a tuplet indicating how many notes of the same altered value are to be performed....
s.


, 1975, chap. 3)