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stop-time

stop-time noun: an accompaniment pattern interrupting, or stopping, the normal time and featuring regular accented attacks on the first beat of each or every other measure, alternating with silence or instrumental solos.

Noun

stop-time (plural stop-times)

  1. (music theory) An accompaniment pattern interrupting, or stopping, the normal time and featuring regular accented attacks on the first beat of each or every other measure, alternating with silence or instrumental solos.

Forms of stop-time

pluralstop-times

Questions about stop-time

What does stop-time mean?
Stop-time means an accompaniment pattern interrupting, or stopping, the normal time and featuring regular accented attacks on the first beat of each or every other measure, alternating with silence or instrumental solos.
What part of speech is stop-time?
Stop-time is a noun.
What is the plural of stop-time?
The plural of stop-time is stop-times.

Words near stop-time in the dictionary

  1. stop-phrase
  2. stop-phrases
  3. stop-start
  4. stop-tap
  5. stop-taps
  6. stop-time
  7. stop-work
  8. stop-works
  9. Stopa
  10. stopable
  11. Stopas

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