| All too often, particularly in the early days of modern dance, the class was done to the simple rhythms of a drumbeat. |
| But the drumbeat, as the baritone voice of the narrator reminds the audience, is an inseparable part of African music. |
| The others joined in a second later, bashing out the bass line and the drumbeat with the force of a hurricane. |
| A couple of minutes later, voices struck up an accompaniment to the drumbeat. |
| When you listen to the drumbeat of a musical composition, it often seems that the drums are simply keeping time. |
| As the night melts in the heat of their music, the drumbeat reaches a crescendo. |
