Beat
(beet)

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1. The regular pulse of music which may be dictated by the rise or fall of the hand or baton of the conductor. by a metronome, or by the accents in music. See conducting patterns.
2. A throbbing that is heard when two tones are slightly out of tune.
3. The English term for mordent, an embellishment consisting of the principal note and the note below it, resembling a short trill.

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