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backbeat
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back·beat  (bkbt)
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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Noun1.backbeatbackbeat - 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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Kidjo's first couple of records were buoyed by big, partying backbeats and the kind of lulling grooves you'd hear seeping from expensive headphones in the international-departures lounge.
SOUND CHECK by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
It is an incredible development, the use of computerized electronic instruments to create polyrhythms - and not just simple backbeats, but complex cross-rhythms of "found" (sampled) and "created" (programmed) sounds, creatively patched together like an aural quilt of musical scraps turned into a magic carpet of head-bopping motion.
It didn't jes grew: the social and aesthetic significance of African ... by Salaam, Kalamu ya / African American Review
Here you can hear birds chirping, insects buzzing, rainwater dripping and trickling off the ferns, and snatches of voices conversing as they move from the background through the foreground of danceable grooves and backbeats laced with yodels and chants.
Deep Forest by Ross, Andrew / Artforum International
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