Beat
Beat noun - A hard strike with a part of the body or an instrument.
Sped
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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Big Blue's final lap is, rather than a sped-up version of the regular theme, a guitar-and-sax solo to the same backing beat.
Source: Video Game / Mario Kart 8 -
This controller only got twoit... dem buttons... *beat, followed by incredibly sped-up Super Mario 3D Land music with the subtitle 'THAT WAS A JOKE, thx 4 COMIN'* Another example from his Hercules video:Jon: Hercules does what Nintendercules!
Source: Web Video / JonTron -
The song itself contained samples from Bob James' "Nautilus" and "Crab Apple" by Idris Muhammad while the chorus from "Turn The Beat Around" by Vicki Sue Robinson sped up and reworded for the hook.
Source: Reference Overdosed
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