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by mister_c on April 10th, 2005
A bar of music is typically made up of four beats. Each group of two beats is further divided into one down-beat and one up-beat.
So, in the case of a 4/4 time signature:
1(down) 2(up) 3(down) 4(up)
These two groups of down-beats and up-beats are known as "rhythm units". Imagine tapping your foot in time to a piece of music. The down-beats are the beats where your foot hits the floor.
In 3/4 time signature (three beats to the bar) there is one down-beat followed by two up-beats.
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