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.

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Meanings

nounstop-time (plural stop-times)

plural stop-times

  1. music theoryentertainmentAn 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.
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