Rhythm typology: - Paolo Mairano - Bog

Rhythm is generally said to play an important role in human behaviour as it is connected to numerous human activities, such as breathing, walking, dancing, playing, and so no. When referring to rhythm, we usually associate it to auditive phenomena, but this is not always the case: for instance, as reported by Eriksson (1991), repeated visual patterns can also be described as rhythmical. However, in spite of the pervasiveness of rhythm and the apparent straightforwardness of its concept, it is not at all easy to define it. In its simplest form, rhythm could perhaps be described as a regular succession of events. This definition accounts for the rhythmicity of some human activities mentioned above, such as breathing and walking, and for heartbeat and repeated visual patterns. But it does not fully explain what is meant by rhythm in activities such as dancing and playing.