: a steady pronounced rhythm stressing the second and fourth beats of a four-beat measure
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Just like the drum machine is a tool for musicians to enhance the backbeat of a song, Provenonce enhances, not replaces, the job of an individual or corporate marketing team.
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Larry Dvoskin, Rolling Stone, 2 May 2025
For more than 15 years, Adrian Younge has provided the backbeat for a large swath of Black entertainment — literally.
—Todd Gilchrist, Variety, 16 Apr. 2025
My background is so much in bluegrass, and bluegrass is all about that choppy kind of backbeat thing with the mandolin.
—Tom Roland, Billboard, 8 Apr. 2025
Time has eroded some of Fair’s quirks, turning him into a preservationist weirdo who still believes in the eternal truth of three chords and a backbeat.
—Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Rolling Stone, 16 Mar. 2025
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Larry Dvoskin, Rolling Stone, 2 May 2025
For more than 15 years, Adrian Younge has provided the backbeat for a large swath of Black entertainment — literally.
—Todd Gilchrist, Variety, 16 Apr. 2025
My background is so much in bluegrass, and bluegrass is all about that choppy kind of backbeat thing with the mandolin.
—Tom Roland, Billboard, 8 Apr. 2025
Time has eroded some of Fair’s quirks, turning him into a preservationist weirdo who still believes in the eternal truth of three chords and a backbeat.
—Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Rolling Stone, 16 Mar. 2025
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“Backbeat.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/backbeat. Accessed 9 May. 2025.
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backbeat
noun
back·beat
-ˌbēt 
: a steady pronounced rhythm stressing the second and fourth beats of a four-beat measure
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