Maria asks…what is difference between downbeat and upbeat?I'm trying to understand how can you tell the different between a downbeat and an upbeat in music?Nancy answers:Okay, here's the easiest way to understand.
If you stand up and lift your foot, that's the upbeat;
when you put your foot down, that's the downbeat.
Upbeats are often (or in what I used to play) used for syncopation.
(Used to play latin and Brazilian stuff, along with pop and middle-eastern.
(Not to confuse you, but in
