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

ビート (ドラム・ビート)

Drums | Rhythm

External links

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