Amen break

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Amen break

  1. (music) A short drum solo from the 1969 song "Amen, Brother" by The Winstons, later very widely sampled for use in electronic music genres such as breakbeat and drum and bass.
    The Amen break:
    \drums{\tempo4=130<<{\hide\ppp\repeat unfold29{cymr8}cymca8cymr8 8}\\{\repeat unfold2{bd8 8sna8. 16r16 16bd16 16sna8. 16}bd8 8sna8. 16r16 16bd8r8sna8r16 16bd16 16sna8. 16r16 16bd8r8sna8}>>}