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  2. Beat (music) - Wikipedia

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    Back beat [11] [12] Play ⓘ "It's got a backbeat, you can't lose it" – Chuck Berry, "Rock and Roll Music" A back beat, or backbeat, is a syncopated accentuation on the "off" beat. In a simple 4 4 rhythm these are beats 2 and 4. [13]

  3. Rhythm - Wikipedia

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    Free rhythm is where there is neither, [48] such as in Christian chant, which has a basic pulse but a freer rhythm, like the rhythm of prose compared to that of verse. [17] See Free time (music) . Finally some music, such as some graphically scored works since the 1950s and non-European music such as Honkyoku repertoire for shakuhachi , may be ...

  4. Glossary of music terminology - Wikipedia

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    A jazz term that instructs a lead player or rhythm section member to play an improvised solo cadenza for one or two measures (sometimes abbreviated as "break"), without any accompaniment. The solo part is often played in a rhythmically free manner, until the player performs a pickup or lead-in line, at which time the band recommences playing in ...

  5. Break (music) - Wikipedia

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    Break-beat music simply ate the cherry off the top of the cake and threw the rest away. In the words of DJ Grandmaster Flash, "Disco was brand new then and there were a few jocks that had monstrous sound systems but they wouldn't dare play this kind of music. They would never play a record where only two minutes of the song was all it was worth.

  6. Count off - Wikipedia

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    Second shortest count off, "& four &", followed by one measure of drum beat for reference. Play (high tom-tom rather than voice) ⓘ A count off, count in, or lead-in is a verbal, [1] instrumental or visual cue used in musical performances and recordings to ensure a uniform entrance to the performance by the musicians [2] and to establish the piece's initial tempo, time signature and style.

  7. Pulse (music) - Wikipedia

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    Clear quarter note pulse in 4 4 at a tempo of =120 Play ⓘ.At =600 the pulse becomes a drone Play ⓘ, while at =30 the pulse becomes disconnected sounds Play ⓘ.. While ideal pulses are identical, when pulses are variously accented, this produces two- or three-pulse pulse groups such as strong–weak and strong–weak–weak [4] and any longer group may be broken into such groups of two and ...

  8. Who won Rhythm + Flow season 2? - AOL

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    Warning: Rhythm + Flow season 2 spoilers ahead! ... Diamond got inspired to start writing music a few years after her brother, a rapper who went by the name D-Beezy, was murdered in 2014. She said ...

  9. Top of the Pops - Wikipedia

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    When Oasis mimed to "Whatever" on Top of the Pops in 1994, one of the cello players from the symphony was replaced by rhythm guitarist Bonehead, who clearly had no idea how the instrument should be played. Towards the end of the song, he gave up the pretence and started using the bow to conduct. A woman plays his rhythm guitar.