The drop is the point in a music track where a switch of rhythm or bass line occurs and usually follows a recognizable build section and break. A drop (in electronic music) is characterised predominantly by a sudden build of textures as opposed to a slow build of them, and usually links a building section with the climax and following main theme and rhythm of a track.
- In hip-hop and electronic music, the reintroduction of the full bass line and drums is known as the drop.
- In dubstep, the drop involves a heavy full bass line and commonly a "wobble" bass or "vowel" bass accompanied by a strong shuffling beat.
- In metalcore subgenres, bass drops are often utilized under the first chord of a breakdown, to emphasize the breakdown and give it a pronounced presence. A bass drop in this genre can be created by the bass, mostly known by a slide, or the drums, with an electronic pad.
- electronic music DJs sometimes perform what is called a "double drop": beat matching two tracks in such a way that the drop, and hence the respective climaxes of both tracks, occur at the same time.
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