It's no surprise that they therefore share the very qualities - irregular melodies, unresolved harmonies, jumpy rhythms - that some people register as off-puttingly cool.

Spread out in jumpy rhythms across a plain white ground are emaciated black men.

Dido explored jazz syncopation, enlivening her verses with jumpy rhythms.

The first theme, un poco allegro, has a jumpy and festive rhythm, resembling those of gypsy airs.

Again, most of the lyrics follow a measured pace that contrasts with the jumpy rhythm.

He suggested that "the complexity of its jumpy rhythms mirrors that of its emotional psychology."

For the first act, the snazzy multi-media production, directed by David Warren, has the quick, jumpy rhythms of a drama destined to explode.

But the show's determination to give each woman roughly equal time makes for a jumpy rhythm.

I just love the jumpy rhythm on that track and I'm not ashamed to say it!

Her pulse was beating in her throat in a quick, jumpy rhythm.