DOWNBEAT

Down Beat

Down Beat is an American magazine devoted to "jazz, blues and beyond", the last word indicating its expansion beyond the jazz realm which it covered exclusively in previous years. The publication was established in 1934 in Chicago, Illinois. It is named after the "downbeat" in music also called "beat one" or the first beat of a musical measure.

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downbeat

Noun

  1. The accented beat at the beginning of a bar (indicated by a conductor with a downward stroke)

Adjective

  1. sad or pessimistic


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