Gallop

Definitions

1. A surname.
2. The fastest gait of a horse, a two-beat stride during which all four legs are off the ground simultaneously.
3. An act or instance of going or running rapidly.
4. An abnormal rhythm of the heart, made up of three or four sounds, like a horse's gallop.
5. A rhythm consisting of an 8th note followed by two 16th notes, resembling a horse's gallop.

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Examples

“Charlie and Marnie fought at brunch and then confessed their undying love⟳ for each other; Ray got promoted by his coffee-shop boss and then dumped by his croissant-purse-toting girlfriend; and Hannah, with a deadline looming, her OCD blaring, and all her friends elsewhere, desperately FaceTimed Adam—who took a shirtless, rom-commy gallop across Brooklyn to meet⟳ her.”

“A gallop rhythm: \drums{\repeat⟳ unfold4{wbl8wbh16 16”

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