back·beat (b k b t )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.] |
backbeat [ˈbækˌbiːt]
n
(Music, other) the second and fourth beats in music written in even time or, in more complex time signatures, the last beat of the bar Compare downbeat [1]
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| Noun | 1. |  backbeat - a loud steady beat rock 'n' roll, rock and roll, rock music, rock'n'roll, rock-and-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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