backbeat
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back·beat
(băk′bēt′)n.
A sharp rhythmic accent on the second and fourth beats of a measure in 4/4 time, characteristic of rock music.
[back(ground) + beat.]
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backbeat
(ˈbækˌbiːt)n
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back•beat
(ˈbækˌbit)n.
an accented secondary or supplementary beat, as by a jazz drummer.
[1925–30]
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| Noun | 1. |  backbeat - a loud steady beat rock and roll, rock music, rock 'n' roll, rock-and-roll, rock'n'roll, rock - a genre of popular music originating in the 1950s; a blend of black rhythm-and-blues with white country-and-western; "rock is a generic term for the range of styles that evolved out of rock'n'roll." musical rhythm, rhythm, beat - the basic rhythmic unit in a piece of music; "the piece has a fast rhythm"; "the conductor set the beat" |
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