Motorik is a term coined by music journalists to describe the 4/4 beat often used by some so-called "Krautrock" bands such as Neu! and Kraftwerk. (Klaus Dinger of Neu! actually called it the "Apache beat")^{[citation needed]}. The word "Motorik" means "motor skill" in German. This does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... Krautrock is a generic name for the experimental bands who appeared in Germany in the late 1960s and gained popularity throughout the 1970s. ... Neu! (the German word for new, pronounced noy) were a German band, probably the archetypal example of what the UK music press at the time dubbed Krautrock. ... Kraftwerk (pronounced [], German for power station) are a German musical group who have made significant contributions to the development of experimental, electronic, New Wave, synthpop and techno music. ... Klaus Dinger is a German musician and songwriter most famous for his contributions to the seminal Krautrock outfit, Neu!, and his invention of the Motorik beat. ... Apache was a popular 1960 instrumental song written by Jerry Lordan and recorded by British group The Shadows. ... A motor skill is a skill that regards the ability of an organism to utilise skeletal muscles effectively. ...

The name perhaps derives from the repetitive yet forward-flowing feel of the rhythm, which has been compared to the experience of motorway driving -- indeed, the motorik beat is utilized in one section of Kraftwerk's "Autobahn", a song designed to celebrate exactly this experience. Motorway symbol in UK, France and Ireland. ... Autobahn is a song composed in 1974 by Florian Schneider and Ralf Hütter of the German electronic band Kraftwerk, with Emil Schult collaborating on the lyrics. ...

The motorik rhythm pattern generally consists of three crotchet hits of a bass drum, followed by one crotchet hit of a snare, repeated each bar throughout the song. Some variations have the bass drum hitting every crotchet (maintaining the single hit of the snare). Another variation features a hi-hat cymbal on every crotchet or quaver note. A splash or crash cymbal is often hit at the beginning bar of a verse or chorus. In music, a quarter note (American) or crotchet is a note played for one-quarter the duration of a whole note, hence the name. ...

These patterns are standards in electronic music genres such as house music and techno. This article includes a list of works cited or a list of external links, but its sources remain unclear because it lacks in-text citations. ... Techno is a form of electronic dance music that became prominent in Detroit, Michigan (some argue that it may have been born in Europe) during the mid-1980s with influences from Chicago House, electro, New Wave, Funk and futuristic fiction themes that were prevalent and relative to modern culture during...