In the theory of late-medieval mensural polyphony, modus is a rhythmic relationship between long and short values or a pattern made from them (Powers 2001, Introduction).

Everything was solidly in place, from the tricky rhythmic relationships to the almost conversational interplay between instrumental groups.

It underwent many revisions to better notate the rhythmic relationships between words and music.

The rhythmic relationship between the two musicians, loose and flexible yet completely empathetic, took jazz modernists away from an emphasis on overt discipline and precise detailing.

His reading illuminated the complex rhythmic relationships and prickly harmonies with which Stravinsky declared his independence from his Romantic predecessors.

There is tension in the ensemble's rhythmic relationship to swing, which Mr. Hart embraces more wholeheartedly than his colleagues.

Admittedly, there is a sort of rhythmic relationship as toilets are flushed in adjacent rooms.

But textures vary in quality, from deeply to finely etched, rounded to jagged, course to smooth, and seek to be brought into rhythmic, scalar relationship with larger, sculptural elements.

This is suggestive of a pre-determined rhythmic relationship between the vocal part and the percussion, and supports the idea of a clave-like structure in Brazilian music.

He uses the drums as an equally powerful third element to underscore the rhythmic and spiritual relationship between idioms that, at least on the surface, have little in common.