motorik
motorik adjective: having a rigid, repetitive, driving 4/4 beat, as in krautrock.
Adjective
motorik (comparative more motorik, superlative most motorik)
- Having a rigid, repetitive, driving 4/4 beat, as in krautrock.
- ...explores the anti-auto tirades of Peggy Suicide while (ironically) paying tribute to the motorik beat and highway sounds of Neu! and krautrock.1996, Jim DeRogatis, Kaleidoscope eyes: psychedelic rock from the '60s to the '90s
- Kraftwerk and Can both used the motorik style as did later electronic oriented bands like Ultravox...2006, Steve Taylor, A to X of Alternative Music
Forms of motorik
| comparative | more motorik |
|---|---|
| superlative | most motorik |
Origin of motorik
German
Questions about motorik
- What does motorik mean?
- Motorik means having a rigid, repetitive, driving 4/4 beat, as in krautrock.
- What part of speech is motorik?
- Motorik is an adjective.
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