Groove (music) facts for kids

Groove is the sense of rhythmic "feel" or sense of "swing" created by music played by a band's rhythm section (drums, electric bass or double bass, guitar, and keyboards). The term is mainly used in the genres outside of Western art music, such as funk, rock music, power groove, fusion, and soul.

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  Funk music such as the type performed by groups like Parliament Funkadelic uses catchy electric bass lines and drum patterns to create a propulsive, emphatic rhythmic "feel" that is often referred to as a "groove".

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  Characteristic rock groove: "bass drum on beats 1 and 3 and snare drum on beats 2 and 4 of the measure...add eighth notes on the hi-hat".

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  Benny Goodman, one of the first swing bandleaders to achieve widespread fame

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  Bassist Rex Brown from the metal band Pantera, a band associated with the "groove metal" scene.