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Music theory

a meter whose beats are unequal in length, such as groupings of two and three subdivisions, yet are still heard as a stable, well-formed cycle.

In music theory, non-isochronous meter refers to a meter whose beats are unequal in length, such as groupings of two and three subdivisions, yet are still heard as a stable, well-formed cycle. This meaning comes from London (1995) in Music Perception.[1]

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References

London, J. (1995). Some Examples of Complex Meters and Their Implications for Models of Metric Perception. Music Perception, 13(1), 59-77. https://doi.org/10.2307/40285685

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