Those of us who could play musical instruments of the brass or percussion variety played them while we marched to the booming beat of the big drum.

From the outside, Rap is a monolith - the sound of booming beats and loudmouthed, tuneless egotists chanting.

It is an R&B, electronic dance and described as "heavy dubstep" song, featuring hard-hitting beat, synth and hand claps with vocal loops complemented by a booming beat.

It gets its booming beat from three surdos, drums that are made to play maracatu but easily endure power chords.

Like jazz, all hip-hop may sound the same to the inexperienced ear, but beneath the posturing and booming beat lies one of pop's most complex forms.

They welcomed the consul general with shouting and musket shots, fanfares and the booming beat of the drums, then fell in behind the prince's party.

The booming beats and voice-overs usually drowned out Mr. Jones's singing and guitar work, so that the set sounded like a nightclub sound system cranked to distortion level.

Margaret Cho once said that love is the big booming beat which covers up the noise of hate.

Missy Elliott's half-hour set was a giddy montage: snippets of songs and booming beats to back razzle-dazzle dance routines.

At the Pony Express, songs with booming beats and variants of "Dixie" and "Rocky Top" played by banjo or synthesizer move the line dancers.