ANACRUSES
- ANACRUSIS, the lead-in syllables that precede the first full measure in poetry [n]
- unstressed syllable or syllable group that begins a line of verse but is not counted as part of the first foot
- the note or notes preceding a downbeat; upbeat
- ANACRUSIS, (Greek) one or more unstressed notes immediately preceding the first bar line [n]
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