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Downbeat can have several meanings:

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In Music Theory

In music performance and music theory, the "downbeat" is also the first beat of a measure in music. It is named for the downward stroke of the director or conductor's baton at the start of each measure. This differentiates it from the back beat on the even beats. Music is an art, entertainment, or other human activity that involves organized and audible sounds and silence. ... Music theory is a field of study that involves an investigation of the many diverse elements of a music, including the development and methodology for analyzing, hearing, understanding, and composing music. ... See also the beat disambiguation page. ... In musical notation, a bar or measure is a segment of time defined as a given number of beats of a given duration. ... Music is an art, entertainment, or other human activity that involves organized and audible sounds and silence. ... Baton can refer to: // Instruments Baton (via French bâton = stick from Late Latin bastum = stout staff, probably of Gaulish origin) refers to several types of cylindrical or tapered instruments composed of a wide variety of materials (finished, not wood in the natural state), with differing functions:- A baton (billy... In music a back beat (or the off-beat) is any of the even beats as opposed to the odd downbeats, ie pulses which are weak on their respective metric levels. ...


In modern music, using common time (4/4), emphasis is usually placed on the third beat or on the back beat, whereas emphasis is rarely put on the downbeat first beat, though a notable exception is in funk where George Clinton dubbed this type of beat "The One". The time signature (also known as meter signature) is a notational device used in Western musical notation to specify how many beats are in each bar and which note value (minim, crotchet, eighth note and so on) constitutes one beat. ... In music a back beat (or the off-beat) is any of the even beats as opposed to the odd downbeats, ie pulses which are weak on their respective metric levels. ... Funk is a distinct style of music originated by African Americans, e. ... George Clinton is the name of several notable people: George Clinton (royal governor) (c. ...


As A Musical Genre

"Downbeat" is another name for the musical genre also called downtempo, lounge, Trip Hop or chillout. Musical genres are categories which contain music which share a certain style or which have certain elements in common. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... The term lounge can refer to: a living room in a private house, a public waiting area, provided with seating, as in a hotel or airport an Airline lounge is a private waiting area offered by airlines to pecial customers or to those who pay an extra fee lounge music... Trip hop (also known as the Bristol sound) is a term coined by United Kingdom dance magazine Mixmag, to describe a musical trend in the mid-1990s; trip hop is downtempo electronic music that grew out of Englands hip hop and house scenes. ... Apart from the act of relaxing, chill out can refer to: Chill out (music), a musical style. ...


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Downbeat - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (198 words)
In music performance and music theory, the "downbeat" is also the first beat of a measure in music.
In modern music, using common time (4/4), emphasis is usually placed on the third beat or on the back beat, whereas emphasis is rarely put on the downbeat first beat, though a notable exception is in funk where George Clinton dubbed this type of beat "The One".
"Downbeat" is another name for the musical genre also called downtempo, lounge, Trip Hop or chillout.
Duke Ellington - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (2204 words)
Barney Bigard, formerly a member of King Oliver's band, was a master of New Orleans jazz clarinet and stayed with the band for twelve years.
Harry Carney was one of the original innovators of the baritone saxophone, winning each Downbeat magazine poll until the arrival of Gerry Mulligan.
Carney, who also pioneered circular breathing, was the longest lasting member of the orchestra, joining in 1927 and remaining with the group until his death in 1974 (just several months after Ellington's).
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