Drum beat

A drum beat, a beat on a drum, is any single strike on a single drum, drum machine, or a series of beats on various percussion instruments creating a rhythmic or metric pattern. Many drum beats define or are characteristic of specific music genres.

In Popular music

* back beat

In Hardcore punk and Heavy metal music

* blast beat - notably in grindcore, power violence, and black metal
* skank beat
* d-beat - otherwise known as the "fast beat" -- also its own musical genre
* scissor beat
* banana beat

In Techno and Electronic Music

* break beat
* 4-beat - musical genre
* big beat
* beat juggling

See also

* drum
* beat
* drum machine
* rhythm
* time signature
* drummer

External links

*Drummers Unlimited- - Famous drummers, photos and biographies.