Another Beat

is a Japanese light novel series written by Natsuki Sahara, with illustrations by Osamu Otani. The series began publication on May 10, 2014 by ASCII Media Works under their Dengeki Bunko publishing imprint.

Synopsis
"Melody"-.

It is a special existence that can naturally carve a special pattern called a melody organ on the body and produce "music" from that organ. Fifteen years after the end of the war, in a kingdom where the Knights were disbanded due to an unequal treaty, the symbol of power that aristocrats wanted to see was to have an "orchestra."

Amber, a girl who is a student of Ochime, who has an extraordinary talent but cannot manipulate sounds well, and Jess, a famous composer for aristocrats.

The fate of the two who met at the music festival is eventually caught up in a new war in which the great powers compete.