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Old 05-21-2004, 03:14 PM
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It means either one of two thing - strange enough:

1) Pick up the beat.

2) Slow down the beat.

Strange huh? In hebrew we do not have a clear idea. It could mean to go faster, or it could mean to go slower in the song. Most colleagues I have read think it is to slow it down. There are a couple of professors I had that beleive it woudl be better to pick it up. It is, though, agreed, that it is a musical term of sorts.
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