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In music, groove is the sense of an effect ("feel") of changing pattern in a propulsive rhythm or sense of "swing". ... Groove is a significant feature of popular music, and can be found in many genres, including salsa, rock, soul, funk, and fusion.
What defines groove?
A groove is an indentation or rut in something — like the grooves on an old record. Groove is rooted in an old Dutch word for "furrow" or "ditch." And that's just what a groove is: a carved out line, like wheel ruts in a muddy road or the narrow opening that a sliding door moves in.
What is groove and rhythm?
It all seems simple in the early grades. Beat is the steady pulse of the music, and rhythm is the changing durations of what is being sung or played. ... Groove is the combined affect of beat and rhythm on the body; it is a word that describes how our body responds to music with movement.
What makes music groovy?
5 Answers. "Groove" has to do with taking a strict metronomic beat and then striking certain notes in each measure either slightly ahead of, or slightly behind, the strict metronomic beat. In a rock music groove, for instance, the dominant beats in 4/4 time are beats 2 and 4.
