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Rhythm

Rhythm is "the pattern of sound, silence, and emphasis in a song".1 When creating beatmaps, mappers pay attention to where sounds land in the music to determine where to place hit objects and hitsounds, in order to follow the rhythm and emphasise certain parts of it. Being a rhythm game, rhythm is an intrinsic part of any beatmap in osu!.

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