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one drop

one drop noun: a style of drumming, prevalent in reggae and attributed to Winston Grennan, in which the snare and bass play on the same beat.

Noun

one drop (uncountable)

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

Forms of one drop

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Questions about one drop

What does one drop mean?
One drop means a style of drumming, prevalent in reggae and attributed to Winston Grennan, in which the snare and bass play on the same beat.
What part of speech is one drop?
One drop is a noun.

Words near one drop in the dictionary

  1. one could hear a pin drop
  2. one country, two systems
  3. one day
  4. One Directioner
  5. One Directioners
  6. one drop
  7. one eighth
  8. one eighty out
  9. one engine in steam
  10. one eyed jack
  11. one eyed jacks

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