In
popular music groove, used in the sense of
rhythm, is a term for
metre and its embellishment by a
rhythm section.
Richard Middleton (1999) describes, "the concept of groove – a term now theorized by analysts but long familiar in musicians' own usage – marks an understanding of rhythmic patterning that underlies its role in producing the characteristic rhythmic 'feel' of a piece, a feel created by a repeating framework within which
variation can then take place."
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