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- Dictionarydownbeat/ˈdaʊnbiːt/
adjective
- 1. pessimistic or gloomy: "the assessment of the UK's economic prospects is downbeat" Similar Opposite
- 2. relaxed and understated: "he responds to her enthusiasm with downbeat bemusement" Similar
noun
- 1. an accented beat, usually the first of the bar.
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4 days ago · Each group of beats is called a measure or bar. Thus, if a song is in a meter of four, each measure or bar has four beats. The first beat of each measure is called the downbeat. It is usually emphasized more strongly than the other beats.
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2 days ago · Rhythmic patterns are the pulsating heart of music, providing the structure and pace that animate melodies and harmonies. Just as the human heart beats in a consistent rhythm to sustain life, music relies on rhythm to maintain its flow and energy. From the fundamental beats that shape the simplest tunes, to the intricate patterns that define ...
4 days ago · July 1 was the 65th anniversary of the biggest-selling jazz song of all time, “Take Five,” recorded that day in 1959 by the iconic Dave Brubeck Quartet. The world can now see and hear Dave Brubeck’s archive of 22,000-plus items online at brubeckcollection.org.
4 days ago · It’s 8:30 in the morning, and Kenny Garrett is walking. He does this most mornings, on a track near his home in Glen Ridge, New Jersey, about 45 minutes outside of New York City. “Hold on, let me find a spot that’s a little quieter,” he says over the din of traffic. “It’s noisier than I thought it would be out here.”.
4 days ago · By Frank Alkyer. Jacky Terrasson’s music has always been a marvelous melding of the complex and the understated. Moving On, his latest album, demonstrates both sides of this equation with fantastic results. There’s so much going on here.
4 days ago · Marshall was primarily known for comedies, particularly the work of Laurell & Hardy, but his career stretched back to 1916 and he was more than capable of handling the downbeat tone of his section, which required special co-operation from a state park in South Dakota to provide a herd of buffalo for the incredible stampede sequence.
2 days ago · Vertiginous epilepsy in the pediatric population. Vertiginous epilepsy (VE) is a rare and underrecognized epilepsy subtype in the pediatric population. Vertiginous symptoms are the sole or predominant feature, arise from the vestibular cortex, and seizures are usually brief. The incidence is estimated to be between six and 15 percent of ...
