| No. | Item | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | accent pattern | arrangement of stressed beats |
| 2. | accenting | placing stress on beats |
| 3. | accentual flow | flow created by stresses |
| 4. | air | melodic flow or movement |
| 5. | alternation | repeated switching pattern |
| 6. | backbeat | accent on off beats |
| 7. | beat | a regular pulse in music |
| 8. | beating | repeated striking or pulsing |
| 9. | bob | small repeated up-down movement |
| 10. | bounce | springy rhythmic movement |
| 11. | bouncing motion | springy repeated movement |
| 12. | cadence | a flowing rhythmic pattern |
| 13. | cadenced flow | flow marked by cadence |
| 14. | cadenced motion | movement with measured flow |
| 15. | cadenced tread | stepping with measured flow |
| 16. | cadency | rhythmic flow or cadence |
| 17. | common time | four-beat musical meter |
| 18. | count | numbered beat pattern |
| 19. | cycle | repeating sequence or pattern |
| 20. | downbeat | first beat of a measure |
| 21. | drift | gentle flowing movement |
| 22. | drive | strong forward rhythmic energy |
| 23. | drumbeat | repeated strong beat |
| 24. | drumming | repeated beat making |
| 25. | duple time | two-beat meter |
| 26. | feel | sense of rhythmic character |
| 27. | figure | short rhythmic pattern |
| 28. | flow | smooth regular movement or pattern |
| 29. | footfall | regular sound of steps |
| 30. | gait | pattern of walking movement |
| 31. | groove | steady enjoyable rhythmic feel |
| 32. | heartbeat | regular beating pulse |
| 33. | jiggle | quick repeated shaking movement |
| 34. | jolt | sharp repeated movement |
| 35. | jounce | jerky repeated movement |
| 36. | lilt | light swinging rhythmic quality |
| 37. | line | flowing sequence in music |
| 38. | lineation | arrangement affecting verse rhythm |
| 39. | measured flow | flow with regular timing |
| 40. | measured motion | movement with regular timing |
| 41. | meter | pattern of stressed beats |
| 42. | metre | British spelling of meter |
| 43. | metrical flow | flow shaped by meter |
| 44. | metrical pulse | beat shaped by meter |
| 45. | metrical scheme | organized stress pattern |
| 46. | metricality | quality of having meter |
| 47. | motif | repeated rhythmic figure |
| 48. | musical flow | smooth movement in music |
| 49. | musical gait | walking-like musical movement |
| 50. | musical pulse | underlying steady beat |
| 51. | musical time | timing structure in music |
| 52. | offbeat | beat outside the main accents |
| 53. | oscillation | regular back-and-forth movement |
| 54. | pace | speed and regularity of movement |
| 55. | patter | light quick repeated beats |
| 56. | pattern | a repeated arrangement of beats |
| 57. | periodicity | quality of recurring regularly |
| 58. | prosody | rhythm and stress in language |
| 59. | pulsation | repeated throbbing movement |
| 60. | pulse | a steady recurring beat |
| 61. | pulsing motion | movement with repeated throbs |
| 62. | recurrence | repeated return in pattern |
| 63. | recurring beat | beat that repeats regularly |
| 64. | refrain | recurring pattern or phrase |
| 65. | regular beat | steady recurring pulse |
| 66. | regular pulse | steady recurring throb |
| 67. | regularity | consistent repeated pattern |
| 68. | rhythmic flow | flowing patterned movement |
| 69. | riff | repeated rhythmic phrase |
| 70. | rock | back-and-forth rhythmic movement |
| 71. | rolling motion | smooth repeated movement |
| 72. | scansion | metrical rhythmic pattern |
| 73. | sequence | ordered recurring arrangement |
| 74. | steady pulse | consistent repeating beat |
| 75. | step | measured movement in sequence |
| 76. | stress pattern | arrangement of accents |
| 77. | stride | regular walking pattern |
| 78. | sway | gentle side-to-side movement |
| 79. | swing | lively rhythmic feel |
| 80. | swinging motion | movement with rhythmic sway |
| 81. | syncopation | shifted accent pattern in music |
| 82. | tap | light repeated beat |
| 83. | tapping | repeated light beating |
| 84. | tattoo | drumlike rhythmic tapping |
| 85. | tempo | the speed of musical timing |
| 86. | throb | strong regular pulsing beat |
| 87. | tick | small regular beat |
| 88. | ticking | regular repeated beat sound |
| 89. | time | musical timing or beat pattern |
| 90. | timing | sense of when beats fall |
| 91. | tread | rhythmic stepping movement |
| 92. | undulation | wave-like rhythmic motion |
| 93. | upbeat | unaccented beat before strong beat |
| 94. | verbal music | rhythmic quality of language |
| 95. | verse movement | flow of poetic lines |
| 96. | vibe | overall rhythmic feel |
| 97. | vibration | repeated pulsing movement |
| 98. | wave | rising and falling movement |
| 99. | wavelike motion | movement rising and falling |
| 100. | word flow | rhythmic movement of words |
