Everything else about the song seems like an afterthought; that tricky little rhythm is the star.

Mr. Simon found ways to bring out the tricky rhythms in older songs, too.

Rodney Lister's "Bird of Night," scored for piano trio, is an appealing nocturnal movement in gently flowing but tricky 6/8 rhythm.

He sang off key, and the songs, with tricky rhythms and fast-moving harmonies, pretended to be dumb and crude.

Down the hall, Mr. Post was teaching the string section the tricky rhythms of Grieg's "Norwegian Dances."

Only this time, he transposes the blue-collar drama for the quirkier - and trickier - rhythms of satire.

Luckily, a professional is playing first oboe and sees me through the maze of tricky rhythms.

As always, Mr. Crumb's vocal lines run the gamut from a slow inflected whisper to florid bursts of notes containing large leaps and tricky rhythms.

Allmusic praised its complexity and "constantly shifting, tricky rhythms".

He loved abstract, smudgy bass lines, woozy samples, tricky rhythms that deemphasized backbeats.