Afterbeat

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A secondary, weaker half of a musical beat.

    "He does so by giving the first structural tone an afterbeat comparable to that which follows the second structural tone."

Example

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"He does so by giving the first structural tone an afterbeat comparable to that which follows the second structural tone."

Etymology

From after- + beat.

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