The phrase lengths are varied to provide a "hint of timelessness".
Yet the phrase lengths are irregular and unpredictable, lending mystery to the music.
Yet you aren't always aware of it; 12-bar phrasing was just his natural phrase length.
As opposed to Murattal, multiple types of sectioning are used in regards to its phrase lengths.
The uneven phrase lengths engage the ear, and the composer's ability to manage long lyrical lines with grace is considerable.
Most interesting are the varied phrase lengths and sudden shifts of rhythm and meter.
The main interest lies in the uneven meters and constantly altering phrase lengths.
Bartok's piece is very difficult, a maze of uneven phrase lengths, yet the Philharmonic was confidence itself.
The themes generally do not form symmetrical periods, and irregular phrase lengths are prominent.
Haydn's manipulations of phrase lengths, for example, are arresting because they refer to the regularity around them.
