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Also known as musical rhythm, Metre (poetry)

Rhythm (from Greek , rhythmos, "any regular recurring motion, symmetry") generally means a "movement marked by the regulated succession of strong and weak elements, or of opposite or different conditions". This general meaning of regular recurrence or pattern in time can apply to a wide variety of cyclical natural phenomena having a periodicity or frequency of anything from microseconds to several seconds (as with the riff in a rock music song); to several minutes or hours, or, at the most extreme, even over many years.

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Rhythm is a pattern of regular, recurring movements or conditions that can be found throughout nature and in human activities like music, characterized by the alternation of stronger and weaker elements. It matters because this fundamental pattern of regularity appears across an enormous range of time scales—from the microscopic movements in microseconds to natural cycles spanning years—making it a key organizing principle in both the natural world and in how we create and experience things like music.

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