Groove and Loop

Groove

Groove noun - An established and often automatic or monotonous series of actions followed when engaging in some activity.

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Loop and groove are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Loop" instead a noun "Groove".

Nearby Words: grooved, grooving, groovy, groover

Loop noun - A circular strip.

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Groove and loop are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Groove" instead a noun "Loop".

Nearby Words: looped, loopy, looping

nice	nice groove	nice loop
endless	endless groove	endless loop
infinite	infinite groove	infinite loop
nasty	nasty groove	nasty loop
Other adjectives: entire, little, inner, eternal, double, last, different, giant, previous.

Four Tet's "Liquefaction" starts out with a synth loop in 5/8, then a drum groove comes in over it in 6/8.

Source: Uncommon Time
It is repeated because originally, on vinyl, the sound was an endless loop, recorded in the lock groove.

Source: BLAM / Music
When people found him he had already died and had put the groove of his record player needle on repeat so that The Doors' "The End" played in a continuous loop.

Source: Music / The Doors

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