Do all pendulums swing at the same rate? Back and forth and forth and back inexorably defined and confined to the same patterns?

I see said she to he. Thank you for your helpful answer Ele and Happy Tuesday!  :)

Not as complicated as it looks---there are a few interesting facts stated verbally.  Peruse at will:

https://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/pend.html

https://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/pendl.html#c1

Thank you for the links tom which I shall click on after I post this! :) This post was edited by RosieG at October 31, 2018 5:02 AM MDT

Which is why when clocks with pendulums are adjusted by moving the weight on the pendulum up or down to correct the time if it is too fast or too slow.

Yup. Good example.

Nice answer.

Nice answers come from Nice people that know they are in the swing of things.....:)

From the age of 8 through 12 I took piano lessons D and the teacher used a metronome! Thank you for the relatable example. I never thought of the similarity between a metronome and a pendulum before! Merci!  :)

It's and it's the same  just upside down....A Metronome is a Pendulum in Australia .....  :) 

Thank you for your reply D! :) Australia is upside down or rightside up depending on if you live there or live in the northern hemisphere. I wonder if you've lived your entire life up over how long it takes to adjust to living down under? :) This post was edited by RosieG at November 1, 2018 2:49 AM MDT

It's a topsey turvy world we live in Rosie....and they are Poles apart for those living in Antartica and the Arctic     :) 

When you say "poles" and capitalize the P you are referring to the Polish living in Poland or elsewhere too or only the North and  South Poles? Either end of the globe looks very desolate and dangerous and formidable. Not on my list of preferred places to travel  Ever been to Poland D? Thank you for your reply sweetie! ;)

TMI. Thank you for your reply Lollipop and Happy Wednesday to thee.