Bruckner rhythm

4, from bars 43 forward:[4] Bruckner also used the rhythm with a single pitch repeated, and this is the only way it occurs in Symphony No.

6, the Bruckner rhythm occurs to a much greater extent than in previous works, in several parts at slightly different times.

At first it occurs as a string ostinato high in the violins' range against a melody of different rhythm in the cellos (bar 3),[6] while at bars 195–209 it serves to articulate hexatonic cycle block chords.

[7] The rhythm occurs in somewhat more "manageable" form in the secondary theme group of Symphony No.

The Bruckner rhythm also occurs in the works of other composers, such as in Howard Hanson's Romantic Symphony, where it occurs mostly in the horns' and trumpets' parts.