Schlag – Definition in music

Definition of the German term Schlag in music:

punch, blow
beat (pulse)
beat (in a bar where each beat has a number)
stroke (with a beater)
thud (dull sound)
stroke (medical condition)

Language

German

Singular

Schlag

Plural

Schläge

Synonyms

(2) Grundschlag(3) Zählzeit(3) Taktschlag

German musical terms that include Schlag:

Achtelschlag – eighth beat
Doppelschlag – turn (ornament consisting of the note above the on...
Durchschlagzungeninstrument – free reed aerophone (group of instruments)
Grundschlag – beat (pulse)
kurzer Vorschlag – acciaccatura (short grace note played quickly befo...
langer Vorschlag – appoggiatura (grace note played in place of the ma...
Nachschlag – afterbeat (any beat of a bar other than the first ...
Niederschlag – downbeat (downward movement of a conductor's hand ...
ohne Nachschlag – without the suffix of the trill (the suffix is mos...
Taktschlag – beat (in a bar where each beat has a number)
taktschlagen – to conduct (to beat time)
Viertelschlag – (obsolete meaning) quarter note, crotchet note...
Viertelschlagnote – (obsolete meaning) quarter note, crotchet note
Vorschlag – grace note...
Zungenschlag – tonguing (technique used in wind instrument playin...
Zwischenschlag – specific type of one-note ornament (the term was u...