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Meaning of one drop | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A style of drumming, prevalent in reggae and attributed to Winston Grennan, in which the snare and bass play on the same beat.

uncountable

Examples

“1995: You have different intricate things that you do with your high hat while your bass drum and your snare might be playing the same beat, like the one drop, where the bass drum and the snare drum is playing identically. — drummer Nelson Miller interviewed by Carter Van Pelt in The Roots Is In The Rhythm”

CEFR level

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

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