Then Etheridge poised his baton, jerked an upbeat, and made the violinists speak the low G and A of their anacrusis.
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Anacrusis
//anəˈkɹuːsɪs//
Synonyms for "anacrusis" (54 found)
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Related words (27)
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27 translations across 13 languages.
Catalan
2 entries- anacrusi noun ((prosody) an unstressed syllable at the start of a verse)
- anacrusi noun ((music) an unstressed note (or notes) before the first strong beat of a phrase)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 弱起 noun ((music) an unstressed note (or notes) before the first strong beat of a phrase)
Dutch
1 entries- opmaat noun ((music) an unstressed note (or notes) before the first strong beat of a phrase)
Finnish
4 entries- anakruusi noun ((prosody) an unstressed syllable at the start of a verse)
- esitahti noun ((prosody) an unstressed syllable at the start of a verse)
- kohotahti noun ((music) an unstressed note (or notes) before the first strong beat of a phrase)
- nousutahti noun ((music) an unstressed note (or notes) before the first strong beat of a phrase)
French
2 entries- anacrouse noun ((prosody) an unstressed syllable at the start of a verse)
- anacrouse noun ((music) an unstressed note (or notes) before the first strong beat of a phrase)
German
3 entries- Anakrusis noun ((music) an unstressed note (or notes) before the first strong beat of a phrase)
- Auftakt noun ((prosody) an unstressed syllable at the start of a verse)
- Auftakt noun ((music) an unstressed note (or notes) before the first strong beat of a phrase)
Italian
2 entries- anacrusi noun ((prosody) an unstressed syllable at the start of a verse)
- anacrusi noun ((music) an unstressed note (or notes) before the first strong beat of a phrase)
Polish
4 entries- anakruza noun ((prosody) an unstressed syllable at the start of a verse)
- anakruza noun ((music) an unstressed note (or notes) before the first strong beat of a phrase)
- przedtakt noun ((prosody) an unstressed syllable at the start of a verse)
- przedtakt noun ((music) an unstressed note (or notes) before the first strong beat of a phrase)
Portuguese
2 entries- anacruse noun ((prosody) an unstressed syllable at the start of a verse)
- anacruse noun ((music) an unstressed note (or notes) before the first strong beat of a phrase)
Russian
2 entries- анакру́за noun ((prosody) an unstressed syllable at the start of a verse)
- зата́кт noun ((music) an unstressed note (or notes) before the first strong beat of a phrase)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- ȕzmāh noun ((music) an unstressed note (or notes) before the first strong beat of a phrase)
- у̏зма̄х noun ((music) an unstressed note (or notes) before the first strong beat of a phrase)
Spanish
1 entries- anacrusa noun ((music) an unstressed note (or notes) before the first strong beat of a phrase)
Swedish
1 entries- upptakt noun ((music) an unstressed note (or notes) before the first strong beat of a phrase)
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