This article is about musical beats. For the film about The Beatles, see Backbeat (film).

In music a back beat (or "the off-beat") is any of the even "beats" as opposed to the odd downbeats, ie pulses which are weak on their respective metric levels. The name refers to the common practice of striking the drum on the odd beats and backing the hand or drumstick away from the drum on the even beats. In common time (4/4), the back beats are the second and fourth beats. The release on beats 2 and 4 sets the mood for the "groove", and gives the song a danceable feel.

In popular music, back beat also refers to a percussion style or technique where a strong rhythmic accent is sounded on the second and fourth beats of the bar, most often from striking a snare drum. This is a form of syncopation, and the tension between the normally much stronger first and third beats (downbeats) and the backbeats creates interest.

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@mystic23 Sountrack is great. Dave grohl,David Pirner,the Afghan Whigs lead singer(can't remember his name) form the Backbeat band.
swilbert1 (Bert) Fri, 01 Jan 2010 04:15:00 -0000
@mystic23 Sountrack is great. Dave grohl,David Pirner,the Afghan Whigs lead singer(can't remember his name) form the Backbeat band.
@mystic23 Have you ever seen the Movie Backbeat?
swilbert1 (Bert) Fri, 01 Jan 2010 04:10:24 -0000
@mystic23 Have you ever seen the Movie Backbeat?
Nowhere Boy: The Guardian He's been impersonated by his fellow Liverpudlian Ian Hart in both Backbeat, Iain Softley... http://bit.ly/8NRtlx
Nathan_Detroit (Nathan Letts) Fri, 01 Jan 2010 04:02:46 -0000
Nowhere Boy: The Guardian He's been impersonated by his fellow Liverpudlian Ian Hart in both Backbeat, Iain Softley... http://bit.ly/8NRtlx
Seeing as Backbeat has now finished i should probably go to bed. Any chance of gerard being in one of the next 2 vids?
kimis_girl (Louisa) Fri, 01 Jan 2010 02:50:18 -0000
Seeing as Backbeat has now finished i should probably go to bed. Any chance of gerard being in one of the next 2 vids?
Backbeat the word is on the street that the fire in your heart is out
kimis_girl (Louisa) Fri, 01 Jan 2010 01:01:31 -0000
Backbeat the word is on the street that the fire in your heart is out
RT @ poppistol RT @backbeatsa: Backbeat Magazine is on the streets people! Pick up your copy today with River City All Stars on the cover!
pinataprotest (PInATA PROTEST) Thu, 31 Dec 2009 21:42:38 -0000
RT @ poppistol RT @backbeatsa: Backbeat Magazine is on the streets people! Pick up your copy today with River City All Stars on the cover!

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