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What are downbeats?

What are downbeats? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. plural of downbeat
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The song has three stanzas of six lines, carrying four stresses downbeats separated by upbeats.
A dense cross-rhythmic relationship is thus struck between the bass and drums, with their respective downbeats lining up only once every 24 eighth notes.
Stopping before a bar line inhibits the central nervous system of the student who could otherwise tend to take over and encourage rushing over bar lines into downbeats.
For this pianist rushing and slowing down in the cantabile sections while drawing attention to the downbeats over the barlines is a measure of profound expression.
This practice technique establishes the student's security in starting a work on downbeats of measures.
Ranging from the techno-infused uptempo music in Tokyo X to the jazzy downbeats in Chicago, the musical accompaniment to the onscreen action fits seamlessly.

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