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Meaning of Amen break | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A short drum solo from the 1969 song "Amen, Brother" by the American soul group The Winstons; later very widely sampled for use in various electronic music genres such as breakbeat and drum and bass.

Examples

“\drums{\tempo4=130<<{\hide\ppp\repeat unfold29{cymr8}cymca8cymr8 8}\\{\repeat unfold2{bd8 8sna8. 16r16 16bd16 16sna8. 16}bd8 8sna8. 16r16 16bd8r8sna8r16 16bd16 16sna8. 16r16 16bd8r8sna8}>>}”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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