BREAKBEAT

Breakbeat

Breakbeat can refer to two distinct but related things: It is both an electronic music genre and the distinct percussive rhythm from which this genre takes its name, usually characterized by the use of a non-straightened 4/4 drum pattern . These rhythms may be characterized by their intensive use of syncopation and polyrhythms. Both meanings are closely connected to hiphop and B-boying .

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breakbeat

Noun

  1. a form of syncopated rhythm prominent in much African music


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