Mr. Neill uses melodic and rhythmic cells that are Baroque in origin.

A rhythmic cell is a cell without melodic connotations.

Rather than rhythmic cells, its components are single tones and chords, with no rhythmic or dynamic indications (Frisius 2008, 83).

The most basic rhythmic cell of sub-Saharan Africa is the 3:2 cross-rhythm.

However, the figure known as the habanera is one of the most basic duple-pulse rhythmic cells in sub-Saharan African music traditions.

It is the most fundamental duple-pulse rhythmic cell in Cuban and other Latin American musics.

Basic rhythmic cell (common usage in Cuban popular music)

Much of "Violet Fire" is based on tiny melodic and rhythmic cells repeated at length.

The work's rhythmic structures are derived from small rhythmic cells characteristic of Sappho's poetry.

As used in Cuban popular music, tresillo refers to the most basic duple-pulse rhythmic cell.