Four-on-the-floor

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Noun
  1. 1
    A four-speed manual transmission whose gearshift lever is mounted beside the driver on the floor of the vehicle; (metonymic) a vehicle with such a transmission.
  2. 2
    A steady, uniformly accented beat with a 4/4 time signature in which the bass drum is hit on every beat. idiomatic

    "A four-on-the-floor rhythm: \drums<<{\hide\pp\repeat unfold16{hh8"

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"A four-on-the-floor rhythm: \drums<<{\hide\pp\repeat unfold16{hh8"

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