But even so, every now and then a sing-songiness begins to set your teeth on edge before Mr. Power is on to the next rhythmic motif.

It has a rhythmic all-over motif of seven triangles on a ziggurat base.

It generally features a small number of rhythmic and melodic motifs that recur through the piece.

The sonata-form finale is characterized by themes contain the rhythmic motif of five eighth-notes leading into the next bar.

But Beethoven constructed page after page using nothing but this rhythmic motif.

He did most of the cueing in the hourlong set, suggesting changes in dynamics or rhythmic motifs.

The record is organized with recurring melodic and rhythmic motifs.

Each section also seemed to ring variations on simple melodic and rhythmic motifs.

This movement is represented by rhythmic motifs.

By "tuning" the potentiometers, a short repetitive rhythmic motif or riff can be set up.