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Originally Posted by DwnWthVwls
Fair enough. My point still remains that they are all elements of the beat as a whole, correct? Idk, how it is for other genres but when you hear people say "That's a dope beat" they are talking about the entire product. They might go on to say "The bass line is sick" or "I love the snares" or whatever else but the "beat" is all inclusive.
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You're right that it is used that way colloquially in hip hop circles, but that's not what the word "beat" means in a general musical sense. The beat is what you bob your head to, it's simply the underlying pulse of the song. Melodies are sequences of notes that work with the framework of the beat, but that doesn't mean the whole shebang is all "the beat".