Doinas are often played with a slow, free rhythm melody against a fast accompaniment pattern in fixed tempo, giving an overall feeling of rhythmic tension.

The orchestra becomes too accompanimental, losing direction and rhythmic tension.

Despite the tremendous busyness of "Insomnia," I kept wondering if, underneath the big effects and rhythmic tensions, all that much music was really going on.

Here, the shading, dynamic contrasts and rhythmic tensions seemed to be right up Ms. Kaiser's alley, and the results were most persuasive.

It gave rise to a rhythmic tension not present in a group with just one drummer.

This is a breathtaking sculptural arrangement, the pairing of rider and horse creating a rhythmic tension suggesting motion through space.

In another sense, revelations were everywhere: marvels of phrasing and voice-leading, color and contrast, rhythmic tension and ease.

Mr. Rollins's time - where he placed phrases - generated rhythmic tension without his resorting to riffs.

It was only during a subsequent turn by the vibraphonist Mike Pinto that the piece's rhythmic tensions were exploited.

Absolutely fixed on Mr. Levine's minimal cues and gestures, the players maintained taut rhythmic tension even when the music nearly stopped in its tracks.