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Tempo vs Breakcore - What's the difference?

tempo | breakcore |

As nouns the difference between tempo and breakcore

is that tempo is a frequency or rate while breakcore is a style of electronic music characterised by a high tempo, distorted kickdrums, and samples from various sources.

tempo

English

Noun

(en-noun)
  • a frequency or rate
  • a move which is part of one's own plan or strategy and forces, e.g. by means of a check or attacking a piece, the opponent to make a move which is not bad but of no use for him (the player gains a tempo, the opponent loses a tempo), or equivalently a player achieves the same result in fewer moves by one approach rather than another.
  • timing of a particular event – earlier or later than in an alternative situation (as in chess example)
  • The number of beats per minute in a piece of music; also, an indicative term denoting approximate rate of speed in written music (examples: allegro, andante)
  • A small truck of cargo van with three or four wheels, commonly used for commercial transport and deliveries (particularly in Asian and African countries)--a genericided trademark originally associated with Vidal & Sohn Tempo-Werke GmbH that manufactured such vehicles.

    • See also

    * one step ahead

    breakcore

    English

    Noun

    (-) (wikipedia breakcore)
  • (music) A style of electronic music characterised by a high tempo, distorted kickdrums, and samples from various sources.
  • * 2008 , SPIN (volume 24, number 2, page 93)
    • The head-on collision between DJ Ricky Rabbit's fractured breakcore and MC Vulture Voltaire's fuming invective is a spectacle of almost physical impossibility, like trying to rap along to an earthquake while getting tased
  • * 2008 , Marc Masters, Weasel Walter, Rob Young, No Wave
    • Where breakcore picks up on rave's daftness, dubstep fixates on its darkness, sometimes to a shlocky degree