Four-on-the-floor (or
four-to-the-floor) is a
rhythm pattern used in
disco and
electronic dance music. It is a steady, uniformly accented
beat in
4/4 time in which the
bass drum is hit on every beat (1, 2, 3, 4) in common time. This was popularized in the
disco music of the 1970s and the term
four-on-the-floor was widely used in that era: it originated with the pedal-operated, drum-kit bass drum.