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OFFBEAT [1 record]

Record 1 1985-09-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Musicology
DEF

the part of a musical measure other than the principally accented one ...

Key term(s)
  • off beat

French

Domaine(s)
  • Musicologie
CONT

Les contretemps sont souvent indispensables à la variété rythmique.

OBS

Se dit d'accentuations rythmiques qui se produisent soit sur les temps dit "faibles" d'une mesure, soit entre les temps (...)

Spanish

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