disco beat
Seventies dance pulse
A disco beat is the rhythmic pattern characteristic of disco music—a steady four-on-the-floor kick drum with syncopated hi-hats and bass lines, typically around 120 beats per minute.
The pattern dominated dance music in the 1970s and remains foundational to house, electronic, and pop music: The song's disco beat got everyone on the floor.
- funkDepression or groove music
- grooveNarrow cut or routine
- basslineLow-register musical foundation
- four-on-the-floorKick on every downbeat
- drum machineElectronic percussion simulator
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- rhythmpulse, tempo, downbeat, upbeat, syncopation
- dance movespirouette, shimmy, waltz, tango, cha-cha
- drummingsnare drum, drum roll, drumroll, drumsticks, flam
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- rhythm termsrhythm, tempo, meter, cadence, syncopation
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