isorhythm

noun

iso·​rhythm

: a single fixed rhythmic pattern typically long and complex that is reiterated throughout the whole of a sung voice part which is usually the tenor

isorhythm in late medieval motets

isorhythmic

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adjective

Word History

Etymology

is- + rhythm

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