five-beat

When Africans hear clave ," he said, in reference to the five-beat pattern elemental to Cuban music, "they immediately dance.

At Home in Music's World Larry Blumenfeld 2011

Ada counted off the rhythm of the five-beat phrase as if scanning a line of poetry: a long, two shorts, two longs.

Cold Mountain Frazier, Charles, 1950- Cold Mountain 2003

Ada counted off the rhythm of the five-beat phrase as if scanning a line of poetry: a long, two shorts, two longs.

Cold Mountain Frazier, Charles, 1950- Cold Mountain 1997

On the left side were the gait trials, with unicorns prancing in perfect one, two, three, four and five-beat combinations, manes and tails flying high.

Blue Adept Anthony, Piers 1981

Now they went into the syncopation of the five-beat gait, the Unicorn Strut, their music match - ing it.

Blue Adept Anthony, Piers 1981

The one -, two -, three -, and four-beat gaits gave the Lady no trouble-but evidently she had not before encountered the unicorn specialty of the five-beat.

Split Infinity Anthony, Piers 1980

Neysa shifted into the five-beat gait and played a compatible tune.

Split Infinity Anthony, Piers 1980

Then he leaped to her back, still needing no words, and they galloped bareback in five-beat to the palace where Kurrelgyre waited in man-form.

Split Infinity Anthony, Piers 1980

Yesterday she had demonstrated gaits from one-beat to five-beat; now she was doing the variations.

Split Infinity Anthony, Piers 1980

Probably the five-beat gait had a similar function.

Split Infinity Anthony, Piers 1980