Definition of Downstroke. Meaning of Downstroke. Synonyms of Downstroke

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Definition of Downstroke

Downstroke
Downstroke Down"stroke`, n. (Penmanship) A stroke made with a downward motion of the pen or pencil.

Meaning of Downstroke from wikipedia

- Downward stroke or downstroke can mean: In handwriting, a downward stroke or downstroke is a ballistic stroke having a direction toward the feet and/or...
- Being almost exclusively a rhythm guitarist, Johnny Ramone mostly used downstrokes throughout his career; he also used full, six-string barre chords and...
- vortex. These flapping wings move through two basic half-strokes. The downstroke starts up and back and is plunged downward and forward. Then the wing...
- technique called sweep picking, or 'raking'. Extremely fast eighth-note downstroke picking was used in the mid 70s and beyond by famous punk guitarist Johnny...
- unicameral script. The script is characterized by many conjuncts, upstrokes, downstrokes, and other features that hang from a horizontal line running along the...
- United States and Nashville, Tennessee. He died on September 4, 2005. The Downstroke was together for one tape and one CD release. Rendon formed the Puerto...
- overlaying them and counting the number of downstrokes that overlapped. Each signature featured 30 downstrokes and he concluded that, on average, 6 of the...
- Restless flycatcher in the downstroke of flapping flight...
- guitar, banjo), all four beats of the measure are pla**** by identical downstrokes.[original research?] In reggae drumming, the b**** drum usually hits on...
- 17th, 18th, 19th, 20th century), based on a number of formal criteria: downstroke and upstroke, forms of serifs, stroke axis, x-height, etc. Although the...