The Emergence Machine

Beat

abstract · Music · Level 11 · E9

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Each concept here is mapped to its prerequisites — the ideas you'd need first to understand it — all the way down to four foundations: Space, Time, Energy, Pattern. Click any prerequisite to drill down, or scroll for the chain graph.

Trace. Question. Emerge.

Emergence definition

beat emerges from pattern + time.

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Wiktionary senses

External reference — all senses of the word “beat” on Wiktionary. This atlas concept maps to only the slice of meaning relevant to the prerequisite graph.

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Source: Wiktionary — “beat”. Content available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Historical origin

Origin word
beat
Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL11L10L9L8L3L2L1L0BeatMusicalPerformanceSkillCellRegular… intermediate l…DurationFormLifeStructureActionChangeMatterQuantityEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

Direct prerequisites above, concepts that depend on this one below.

used byprerequisitesDance CountL12DownbeatL12LargoL12March MusicL12TempoL12BeatL11RegularL3MusicalL10E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Regular L3 (requires)
    A regular pulse that provides the rhythmic foundation of music.
  • Musical L10 (requires)
    The basic unit of musical time.

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