Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In music: A beat in keeping time.
- noun A bar or measure. See
a battuta and a tempo. - noun In medieval music, a forbidden progression of the outer voice-parts of a harmony from a tenth on the up-beat to an octave on the down-beat.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Mus.) The measuring of time by beating.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun music
beat
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Examples
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Some bloggers are writing about the experience. bint battuta (Bahrain), who is undertaking the project of reading the Qur'an in Arabic during Ramadan, writes her first post on the experience:
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Il giorno della coca è finito. *battuta sulla ganja a piacere*
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"Se si dà quell'inno ad un maestro di cappella per metterlo in musica concertata ed in _battuta sensibile_, verrà subito distrutto il _ritmo_, e se la cantilena della cappella pontif. si scrive in battuta, si vedranno cadere nel _battere_ alcune sillabe brevi, senza pregiudizio della loro quantità".
The Ceremonies of the Holy-Week at Rome Charles Michael Baggs
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Largo; not the hundredth part of the weight of a single quaver was spared us; stiff and ghastly, like a bronze pigtail, the battuta of this Andante was swung over our heads; even the feathers on the angel's wings were turned into corkscrew curls -- rigid, like those of the seven year's war.
On Conducting (Üeber Das Dirigiren) : a Treatise on Style in the Execution of Classical Music, Richard Wagner 1848
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(Charlotte Brittain), eseguono il buon dosaggio di denuncia sessista e humor britannico, sfruttando al massimo ogni battuta e sfumatura.
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Sia il protagonista, Ben Silverstone, che il suo amante, John Dixon, che l'eccellente Linda (Charlotte Brittain), eseguono il buon dosaggio di denuncia sessista e humor britannico, sfruttando al massimo ogni battuta e sfumatura.
WN.com - Articles related to Kentucky castle turned into popular luxury hotel 2010
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See this photo essay called Chernobyl Stalkers. posted by bint battuta at 10: 20
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I love both versions. posted by bint battuta at 7: 02 PM labels: birthday, friends, health, music
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La carne cruda battuta al coltello con tartufo bianco d’Alba: I try the carne cruda at every single restaurant because of how interesting the variations of the dish can be.
Italy 2006
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La carne cruda battuta al coltello con tartufo bianco d’Alba: I try the carne cruda at every single restaurant because of how interesting the variations of the dish can be.
Augieland: 2006
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