I can go something like this and we would call that a rhythm superimposing longs and shorts different patterns, patterns that oftentimes repeat.

我可以,像这样,而我们称这个为节奏,对长短不同经常重复的不同部分的整合

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Rhythm is simply these patterns, usually repeating patterns, of longs and short that get superimposed as they set up above the basic beat underneath.

节奏就是一些长短模式,通常是反复出现的,与下面的基本节拍叠加在一起

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It's a rhythm with a couple of different patterns.

这是个有几种不同形式的节奏

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