Music Glossary: cycle

Symmetric third-cycle key centers around dominant pillars; outline guide-tones to avoid getting lost. more

Run lines, arpeggios, and patterns through all keys via the fourths cycle. Builds transpositional fluency and fretboard/keyboard coverage. more

Indonesian ensemble tradition with metallophones, gongs, and cyclical forms. more

Tala cycles (teental, rupak), claps/waves, tihai endings for rhythmic cadence. more

Duration of one cycle of a waveform; T = 1 / f. more

Different meters layered with shared downbeat cycle (e.g., 3/4 over 4/4). more

Timing premieres, exclusives, and interviews; coordinating with blogs/press under agreed embargo dates. more

Rhythmic cycle system in Indian classical music structuring time and accents. more

Practice licks in 12 keys via circle, minor-third cycle, and tritone jumps. more