a short section of drum beat that is sampled (=recorded from an existing piece of music), looped (=repeated without a break) and then used in a new piece of music
Synonyms and related words
Parts of pieces of music
accompaniment
arpeggio
breakbeat
1a
uncountable any type of dance music that uses breakbeats
Synonyms and related words
Types of music
acid house
acid jazz
ambient
breakbeat
noun countable music
US /ˈbreɪkˌbit/
Word Forms
singular
breakbeat
plural
breakbeats
DEFINITIONS1
1
a short section of drum beat that is sampled (=recorded from an existing piece of music), looped (=repeated without a break) and then used in a new piece of music
Synonyms and related words
Parts of pieces of music
accompaniment
arpeggio
breakbeat
1a
uncountable any type of dance music that uses breakbeats