Editing Breakbeat (section)

==Characteristics==
The tempo of breaks tracks, ranging from 110 to 150 beats per minute, allows DJs to mix breaks with a wide range of different genres in their sets. This has led to breakbeats being used in many [[hip hop music|hip hop]], [[Jungle music|jungle]]/[[Drum and bass|drum & bass]] and [[hardcore techno|hardcore]] tracks. They can also be heard in other music, anywhere from popular music to background music in car and clothing commercials on radio or TV.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://nkhstudio.com/pages/popup_amen.html |title=Nate Harrison |publisher=nkhstudio.com |access-date=2008-01-16 |archive-date=2008-06-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080624091120/http://nkhstudio.com/pages/popup_amen.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>

=== The "Amen break" ===
{{Main|Amen break}}
The Amen break, a drum break from [[The Winstons]]' song "Amen, Brother" is widely regarded as one of the most widely used and sampled breaks among music using breakbeats.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://blog.whosampled.com/2010/04/29/the-10-most-sampled-breakbeats-of-all-time/ |title=10 Most Sampled Breakbeats |publisher=blog.whosampled.com}}</ref>  This break was first used on "King of the Beats" by [[Mantronix]], and has since been used in thousands of songs.<ref name="econ20111217" /> Other popular breaks are from [[James Brown]]'s ''[[Funky Drummer]]'' (1970) and ''Give it Up or Turnit a Loose'', [[The Incredible Bongo Band]]'s 1973 cover of [[The Shadows]]' "[[Apache (instrumental)|Apache]]", and [[Lyn Collins]]' 1972 song "[[Think (About It)]]".<ref name="Modulations" /> The Winstons have not received [[royalties]] for third-party use of samples of the break recorded on their original music release.<ref name="econ20111217">{{cite news | title = Musical history: Seven seconds of fire | date = 2011-12-17 | publisher = The Economist Newspaper Limited | url = http://www.economist.com/node/21541707 | newspaper = The Economist | access-date = 2011-12-28}}</ref>