off-beat
ahf-beet
[English]
Any pulse that accentuates any part of the measure other than the first beat of the measure.
Example
Opera, Post-Romantic: Giacomo Puccini: Gianni Schicchi, "O mio babbino caro"
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni, Act I, "Chi é la?"
Reinhold Gliére: The Red Poppy, "Russian Sailor's Dance"
Ferde Grofé: Grand Canyon Suite, "On the Trail"
Camille Saint-Saëns: Le carnaval des animaux, "Fossiles"
Opera, Romantic: Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto, "La donna é mobile"
Opera, Classical: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni, Act I, "Ah! del padre in periglio"
Gioachino Rossini: The Barber of Seville, "Largo al factotum"
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Last Updated: 2016-06-06 00:06:05