African music is highly rhythmic and essentially melodic, more modal than tonal.

The very unusual melody of this song is highly rhythmic and often makes large melodic leaps.

Although much traditional clawhammer banjo playing is highly rhythmic, it typically includes elements of melody, harmony, rhythm and percussion.

The arrangement is highly rhythmic, contemporary, and upbeat.

A musical drama with integrated songs and speech, with a new approach to singing, and lyrical but highly rhythmic music, according to the production's literature.

Tall and solidly built, Wass had a highly rhythmic run-up that allowed him to be, in his prime, fast through the air.

In the concerto, the material is more tightly argued, deriving from two fragmented highly rhythmic figures of 5 and 6 notes.

It is highly rhythmic and trance-oriented.

In the first movement of the Fourth Symphony, he introduces a highly rhythmic theme in the brass.

The first movement has a lyrical 3/4 introduction that precedes a highly rhythmic main section in 6/8 time.