afterbeat
nounEtymology From after- + beat.
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Entertainment, Lifestyle, Music A secondary, weaker half of a musical beat.
- He does so by giving the first structural tone an afterbeat comparable to that which follows the second structural tone.1989, Leonard B. Meyer, Style and music: theory, history, and ideology:
- The most distinctive rhythmic feature of ska is a strong afterbeat: a strong, crisp chunk on the latter part of each beat.2007, Michael Campbell, James Brody, ROCK AND ROLL: AN INTRODUCTION: