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- noun Plural form of
counterrhythm .
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Examples
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But the singers 'seamless ebb and flow brought to mind recurrent images of tidal surf as well, with its counterrhythms of wave and undertow.
Crosscut Thomas May 2010
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He was working the crowd, and the harpist was wailing on some intricate counterrhythms to the young girl laying down a serious groove on maracas.
NPR Topics: News 2010
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Listening to Roger McGuinn's solo on Rickenbacker 12-string guitar on the Byrds '"Turn, Turn, Turn," rather than focus on his superb picking, I was drawn to Gene Clark's delicate tambourine counterrhythms way down in the mix, which were very clear, without a trace of smear.
Stereophile RSS Feed 2009
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Listening to Roger McGuinn's solo on Rickenbacker 12-string guitar on the Byrds '"Turn, Turn, Turn," rather than focus on his superb picking, I was drawn to Gene Clark's delicate tambourine counterrhythms way down in the mix, which were very clear, without a trace of smear.
Stereophile RSS Feed 2009
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On the counterrhythms of Astaire's "Bojangles," she comments, "The man who has been called the
NYT > Home Page By ALASTAIR MACAULAY 2011
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