Sentence examples for on the first beat from inspiring English sources

There's a rhythmic quirk in the basic pattern of a triplet followed by two held notes: the first triplet falls on the fourth beat of the bar, while later ones fall on the first beat, with the second held note foreshortened.

The six-step salsa is performed to music that has eight beats to the measure, and there are two schools of practice, one that breaks on the first beat, and the other, on the second.

Keep playing this chord through the fourth and fifth measures and the syllables "Hap - py birth - day dear... ...... Play one measure of F. On the first beat of the sixth measure, play an F major chord.

A lot of people come in on the first beat.

The time signature implies that an accent regularly occurs on the first beat of each measure.

Instead it denotes his signature emphasis on the first beat in a four-beat measure.

On the sound of the first beat of the metronome, the participant lifted the heel and on the following beat lowered the heel.

The one-drop rhythm is a sparse, unhurried beat with a bass-drum accent -- the one drop -- on the third beat.

The director, Phyllida Lloyd, imposes a dashing urgency on the events: from the first beat, the play explodes before us.

One, two, three, one, two, and I start on the second beat.

The music is in 3/4 or 3/8 time with a forceful accent on the second beat.