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Definition of Downbeats
1. downbeat [n] - See also: downbeat
Lexicographical Neighbors of Downbeats
Literary usage of Downbeats
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Universal Songster: Or, Museum of Mirth: Forming the Most Complete (1834)
"The heart long weighed downbeats with pleasure, Аз gently it springs from the
pressure of care ; \nd the eye with the fulness of rapture is brightened To ..."
2. The Art of the Player-piano: A Text-book for Student and Teacher by Sydney Grew (1922)
"The result is that the scherzo moves by emphatic downbeats ; the upward spring
of the conductor's baton being immediate, and having no metrical significance ..."
3. A Dictionary of Music and Musicians (A.D. 1450-1880) by George Grove, John Alexander Fuller-Maitland (1889)
"By using downbeats with one hand, simultaneously with the orthodox form in the
other, he once succeeded, at the Crystal Palace, in keeping under command the ..."
4. Falling from Heights by Chris F. Needham (2007)
"Just remember: the downbeats are as important as the notes. Tempo and intonation
come first." Cassidy sighed and changed the subject, having just now ..."
5. A Dictionary of Music and Musicians (A.D. 1450-1889): ...edited by Sir by George Grove, John Alexander Fuller-Maitland (1890)
"But, in these cases, the downbeats must be employed with extreme caution, and
only by very experienced Conductors, since nothing is easier than to throw a ..."
6. Kingdoms of Ahn Daowen: Storms of Espyrea by E. P. Harlow (2007)
"... shadows passed slowly, as the drumming of drafty downbeats sent buckets of
leaves down upon the band of six. Stretching into view, a set of four, ..."
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