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Definition of Nonmetrical
1. Adjective. (music) Without the constraints of a metronome; not played or sung with a strict underlying rhythmic method. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Nonmetrical
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Nonmetrical
Literary usage of Nonmetrical
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Monthly Consular and Trade Reports by United States Bureau of Manufactures (1904)
"... and all the nonmetrical foreign countries together account for 15 per cent of
the exports of the United Kingdom, while the British Empire took a little ..."
2. History of Roman Literature: With an Introductory Dissertation on the by Henry Thompson (1852)
"It is surely manifest, that on such a foundation it is quite incompetent to raise
the theory of an accentual, nonmetrical Saturnian verse, in the poetry of ..."
3. Documents of the Assembly of the State of New York by New York (State). Legislature. Assembly (1910)
"This preparatory work should result in the ability to sing familiar songs at
least by rote, and the ability to recognize and write nonmetrical scale ..."
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