Up beat may refer to: *Upbeat, in music, the last beat in the previous bar which immediately precedes the downbeat *

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 * ''Upbeat'' (album), by the Fred Frith Guitar Quartet, 1999 * ''Upbeat'' (TV program), an American musical show 1964–1971 * Upbeat Records, an independent record label * The Upbeat, a Californian band

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