Talk:Beat
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How about putting the lower part into the wiktionary? Especially the "police" kind of beat. Sounds like slang. In what countries police "beats"? :-)
And BTW, isn't it in Physics the terms Beating, Beat waves are more correct than "Beat"? Mikkalai 02:38, 29 Jan 2004 (UTC)
- The police usage of 'beat' is or was common in the US and UK. (Police generally no longer walk beats in the UK; there has been recent talk of reintroducing this.) Derived from the police usage, the term is also commonly used for the area worked by a street prostitute! Yes, I think this might be right for wiktionary ;-) - David Gerard 13:24, Jan 29, 2004 (UTC)
the beat of music is *often* defined by beating between notes? i don't think so. maybe in alvin lucier's work, as described above, but that sort of thing seems extremely rare. is this maybe talking about polyrhythm or something? still doesn't seem right. Omegatron 14:25, Feb 23, 2004 (UTC)
- As far as I know Alvin Lucier has never had instrumentalists play rhythms based on the speed of interference beats. While such a thing is entirely possible (maybe someone like David First has done this?), it would then obscure the inteference beating, which is against Lucier's oft stated intentions, and I know of no artists or pieces that have. Perhaps "the space" was intended in place of "beating", so that it reads: "the beat of music is often defined by the space between notes."?Hyacinth 23:28, 23 Feb 2004 (UTC)
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- "In particular, it can and often does take the form referred to above, caused by alternating constructive and destructive interference of sound waves." - I am taking this out for now. Music that uses interference patterns for the beat is pretty rare at best. I will ask the author what he meant. - Omegatron
