four-on-the-floor

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four-on-the-floor

  1. (motor vehicles) A four-speed manual transmission whose gearshift lever is mounted beside the driver on the floor of the vehicle.
  2. (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}}>>

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