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afterbeat

noun

Etymology

From after- + beat.

  1. derived from *bautaną✻ — “to push, strike”
  2. derived from *bautan✻
  3. derived from bēatan — “to beat, pound, strike, lash, dash, thrust, hurt, injure”
  4. inherited from beten
  5. prefixed as afterbeat — “after + beat”

Definitions

  1. A secondary, weaker half of a musical beat.

    • He does so by giving the first structural tone an afterbeat comparable to that which follows the second structural tone.
    • The most distinctive rhythmic feature of ska is a strong afterbeat: a strong, crisp chunk on the latter part of each beat.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA