# upbeat

> unaccented note or group of notes that precedes the initial accented period of a musical phrase

**Wikidata**: [Q637371](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q637371)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anacrusis)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/upbeat


## References

1. Freebase Data Dumps. 2013
2. [Source](https://www.euskaltzaindia.eus/index.php?option=com_xslt&view=frontpage&layout=lth_detail&Itemid=474&search=anakrusa)