In poetic and musical meter, and by analogy in publishing, an anacrusis (from Ancient Greek: ἀνάκρουσις, anákrousis, literally: 'pushing up', plural anacruses) is a brief introduction. In music, it is also known as a pickup beat, or fractional pick-up, i.e. a note or sequence of notes, a motif, which precedes the first downbeat in a bar in a musical phrase. It is a set of syllables or notes, or a single syllable or note, which precedes what is considered the first foot of a poetic line (or the first syllable of the first foot) in poetry and the first beat (or the first beat of the first measure) in music that is not its own phrase, section, or line and is not considered part of the line, phrase, or section which came before, if any.
You might not be a big fan of Anacrusis, maybe you're here for just one song by Anacrusis that you like, but take a look at the rest, they might surprise you.
We recommend that you check out all the lyrics of Anacrusis's songs, you might fall in love with some you didn't know yet.
It often happens that when you like a song by a specific group or artist, you like other songs of theirs too. So if you like a song by Anacrusis, you'll probably like many other songs by Anacrusis.
The lyrics of Anacrusis's songs often follow certain patterns that you can discover if you pay close attention. Are you up for finding out what they are?
To discover the patterns in Anacrusis's songs, you just have to read their lyrics carefully, paying attention not just to what they say, but how they are constructed.
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