Meaning

(music) The stronger part of a musical measure: the part containing the beat..

Definitions by Sense

1. (music) The stronger part of a musical measure: the part containing the beat.
2. (poetry) 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. (music) 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.
4. The elevation of the voice to a higher pitch in speaking.

Example Sentences

it comes to pass that the arsis may effect some change in the order of which it is itself the commencement

Word Forms

• arses

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When Should You Use Arsis?

Use arsis when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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