Meaning Of The Word Backbeat

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backbeat in American English
in popular music, a primary accent on the second and fourth beats of a four-beat measure
noun: a secondary or supplementary beat, as by a jazz drummer

backbeat in British English
noun: the second and fourth beats of a bar written in even time or, in more complex time signatures, the last beat of the bar

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