Groove (popular music)

Groove is a popular music term, used in the sense of rhythm, for metre and its embellishment by a rhythm section. Richard Middleton (1999) describes, "the concept of groove - a term now theorized by analysts but long familiar in musicians' own usage - marks an understanding of rhythmic patterning that underlies its role in producing the characteristic rhythmic 'feel' of a piece, a feel created by a repeating framework within which variation can then take place."

Related Topics:
Popular music - Rhythm - Metre - Rhythm section - Richard Middleton - Variation

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