arsis

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arsis englanniksi

  1. The stronger part of a musical measure: the part containing the beat.

  2. The stronger part of a metrical foot: the part containing the long (heavy) syllable in quantitative meter, or the stressed syllable in a qualitative meter.

  3. {{quote-text|en|year=1830|author=Johann Gottfried Jacob Hermann|title=Hermann's Elements of the Doctrine of Metres

  4. The elevation of the hand, or that part of the bar at which it is raised, in beating time; the weak or unaccented part of the bar, opposed to the thesis.1852, John Weeks Moore, ''Complete Encyclopædia of Music''

  5. The elevation of the voice to a higher pitch in speaking.

  6. arsis

  7. (inflection of)