downbeat
IPA: daʊnbˈit
noun
- (music) The accented beat at the beginning of a bar (indicated by a conductor with a downward stroke).
adjective
- Sad or pessimistic.
- Cautiously optimistic.
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Examples of "downbeat" in Sentences
- Joe still has that copy of Downbeat.
- Also the ending is a little downbeat.
- Not all the songs are downbeat and mournful.
- The downbeat is the first beat of the measure.
- Downbeat is the first beat of a measure in music.
- The start of the next phrase is exactly on the downbeat.
- It provides the downbeat, the bass downbeat of the rhythm.
- As soon as I heard the downbeat of the orchestra, I was sold.
- The accents do not correspond to the classic concept of the downbeat.
- Both men are exhausted, downbeat and seemingly resigned to their fate.