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downbeat
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downbeat
Music the first beat of a bar or the downward gesture of a conductor's baton indicating this


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Atwater Village Street Festival: local entertainment by The Downbeats, cowboy chef Layne Wootten, arts and crafts, classic car club The Golden Oldies of Glendale, noon to 4 p.
This practice technique establishes the student's security in starting a work on downbeats of measures.
The alternation between "hot" and "cool" movement creates a flickering level of visual surprise as movement accents alternate between landing hard on clear downbeats and moving freely on the upbeats that separate them.
 
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