four-on-the-floor

See also: four on the floor

English

Alternative forms

four on the floor, 4-on-the-floor, four-to-the-floor

Pronunciation

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Noun

four-on-the-floor

(motor vehicles) A four-speed manual transmission whose gearshift lever is mounted beside the driver on the floor of the vehicle.
(idiomatic, music) A steady, uniformly accented beat with a 4/4 time signature in which the bass drum is hit on every beat.
A four-on-the-floor rhythm:
$\drums<<{\hide\pp\repeat unfold16{hh8}}\\{\repeat unfold8{bd4}}>>$

Translations

a beat

Russian: пряма́я бо́чка (ru) f (prjamája bóčka)

See also

three-on-the-tree

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