anacrusi

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Catalan

Beginning of BWV 736, with an anacrusis shown in red.
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Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀνάκρουσις (anákrousis).

Pronunciation

Noun

anacrusi f (plural anacrusis)

  1. (prosody) anacrusis; unstressed syllable at the start of a verse
  2. (music) anacrusis; unstressed note or notes before the first strong beat (or downbeat) of a phrase

Further reading


Italian

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀνάκρουσις (anákrousis).

Noun

anacrusi f (countable and uncountable)

  1. anacrusis
  2. (music) upbeat (unstressed beat at beginning of bar)

Further reading

  • anacrusi in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana