• Arsis

    Origin

    Ancient Greek ἄρσις (ársis, "lifting"), from αἴρω (aírō, "I lift").

    Full definition of arsis

    Noun

    arsis

    (plural arses)
    1. The stronger part of a musical measure or a metrical foot.
    2. (music) The elevation of the hand, or that part of the bar at which it is raised, in beating time; the weak or unaccented part of the bar, opposed to the thesis.
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