Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. In music: A beat in keeping time.
- n. A bar or measure. See a battuta and a tempo.
- n. 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.
Wiktionary
- n. music beat
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. (Mus.) The measuring of time by beating.
Examples
“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:”
“Il giorno della coca è finito. *battuta sulla ganja a piacere*”
“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".”
“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,
“(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.”
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“See this photo essay called Chernobyl Stalkers. posted by bint battuta at 10: 20”
“I love both versions. posted by bint battuta at 7: 02 PM labels: birthday, friends, health, music”
“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.”
“bint battuta in bahrain: "what is the sense of serving freshly baked bread in a graveyard?”
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