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backbeat

[ UK /bˈækbiːt/ ]
NOUN
  1. a loud steady beat

How To Use backbeat In A Sentence

  • In ‘The Pulse’, for example, Kalahari drums and xylophones provide the backbeat for an urban rap narrative.
  • A few nifty time changes really wouldn't go amiss and the relentless search for the funky backbeat often precludes the actual resolution of a hummable tune.
  • By the album's last few tracks, the fills outweigh the backbeats to the point where he's pushing fusion jazz territory.
  • By the album's last few tracks, the fills outweigh the backbeats to the point where he's pushing fusion jazz territory.
  • Through it all, the common thread is the ancient and blessed backbeat, the timeless cry of the bottleneck guitar, and R.L. Burnside's frequently voiced benediction, ‘Well, well, well…’
  • One thing I have learned - and this is going to sound silly - is that music is music, and whether it's rap or indie-rock or pop, the circuitry that makes you react to a melody or a backbeat is the same. NPR Topics: News
  • It sounds very much like a stock party beat, with plenty of chimes and a very simple backbeat.
  • The crisp backbeat and twinkling xylophones remind one of a child's playroom, with toys scattered and overturned, and the sun building shadows in their midst.
  • While Mr. Domino pounded out a steady bank of triplets (three notes to every beat), the drummer hit the second and fourth beats harder (known as a "backbeat") and the horns played call-and response bass riffs. The Rhythm of Rock 'n' Roll: 'It's All in the 1, 2, 3'
  • It's all held together with a pulsing electronic backbeat and definitely the lightest of the sounds on offer tonight, with one eye on the student indie clubs and the other on the Top 40.
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