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music-glossary: anacrusis

 
 1.16 anacrusis
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 ES: anacrusa, I: anacrusi, F: anacrouse, levée, D: Auftakt, NL: opmaat,
 DK: optakt, S: upptakt, FI: kohotahti.
 
    An anacrusis (also known as pickup or upbeat) is an incomplete
 measure of music before a section of music.  It also refers to the
 initial note(s) of a melody occurring in that incomplete measure.
 
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 See also
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    measure, meter.
 

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