But Mr. Fagan's distinctive vocabulary and strong odd rhythmic accents make it hard for him to get away with repetition.

An example is the phenomenon of tapping to the beat, where the listener anticipates the rhythmic accents in a piece of music.

The art of contouring brings life everywhere: each phrase has its direction; the placement of melodic and rhythmic accents is deftly varied.

Mr. Harrison has mastered all the signs of soul, the rhythmic accents and bent notes.

"Old Dan Tucker" is a breakdown, a dance song wherein the rhythmic accent falls on the second and fourth beats rather than on the third.

In this method the user may perform many diverse punching combinations that create improvised rhythmic accents.

He replied with his rhythmic Armenian accent:

The main themes have the rhythmic and melodic accent of a Celtic reel.

"I don't want to say when that might be," she said, speaking in Spanish in a low voice and the rhythmic accent of her native eastern Cuba.

Indeed, early on, one starts visualizing a script marked with underlinings of words and rhythmic accents.