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offbeat
[
adj.
awf
-
beet
,
of
-
;
n.
awf
-beet
,
of
-
]
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off·beat
/
adj.
ˈɔfˈbit
,
ˈɒf-
;
n.
ˈɔfˌbit
,
ˈɒf-
/
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[
adj.
awf
-
beet
,
of
-
;
n.
awf
-beet
,
of
-
]
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adjective
1.
differing from the usual or expected; unconventional:
an offbeat comedian.
noun
2.
Music
.
an unaccented
beat
of a measure.
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Offbeat
is always a great word to know.
So is
dotted half note
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sixteenth rest
. Does it mean:
So is
dotted half rest
. Does it mean:
note equivalent in duration to four quarter notes
note with three counts
rest equal in time value to a sixteenth note
major interval, chord, scale
passage at the end of a composition used to bring it to a satisfactory close
consists of a half rest plus a dot
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Origin:
1925–30;
off
+
beat
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offbeat
(ˈɒfˌbiːt)
—
n
1.
music
any of the normally unaccented beats in a bar, such as the second and fourth beats in a bar of four-four time. They are stressed in most rock and some jazz and dance music, such as the bossa nova
—
adj
2.
a. unusual, unconventional, or eccentric
b. (
as noun
):
he liked the offbeat in fashion
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
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