0 (especially in rock music) an emphasis on one or two of the beats that are not normally emphasized --
The song was performed as a mid-tempo twelve-bar jump blues that features sax and trumpet soloing over a strong backbeat.
It has a backbeat that is slightly rock influenced.
Electronic instruments and rock backbeats were dropped, reverting to a more classic sound.
Today in popular music, especially with rock drum kits, the snare drum is typically used to play a backbeat pattern.
In today's popular music the snare drum is typically used to play the backbeat pattern.
There is a simple drum backbeat, the bassline, and a string instrument riff as well as a trumpet fanfare.
Rock and roll however has a greater emphasis on the backbeat than boogie woogie.
Then there's the reggae-blues of the title trick, which swings out of a jazzy backbeat into a rootsier inner circle type groove.
