Up beat may refer to:
*Upbeat, in music, the
last beat in the previous bar which immediately precedes the downbeat
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Anacrusis
In poetic and musical meter, and by analogy in publishing, an anacrusis (from , , literally: 'pushing up', plural ''anacruses'') is a brief introduction. In music, it is also known as a pickup beat, or fractional pick-up, i.e. a note or seque ...
, a note (or sequence of notes) which precedes the first downbeat in a bar in a musical phrase
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''Upbeat'' (album), by the Fred Frith Guitar Quartet, 1999
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''Upbeat'' (TV program), an American musical show 1964–1971
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Upbeat Records, an independent record label
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The Upbeat, a Californian band
See also
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Up (disambiguation)
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Beat (disambiguation)
Beat, beats, or beating may refer to:
Common uses
* Assault, inflicting physical harm or unwanted physical contact
* Battery (crime), a criminal offense involving unlawful physical contact
* Battery (tort), a civil wrong in common law of int ...
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Beat Up (disambiguation)
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