syncopated rhythm
Sign in to saveIn music, syncopation is a variety of rhythms played together to make a piece of music, making part or all of a tune or piece of music off-beat. More simply, syncopation is "a disturbance or interruption of the regular flow of rhythm": a "placement of rhythmic stresses or accents where they wouldn't normally occur". It is the correlation of at least two sets of time intervals.
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Types of syncopation
- Suspension
- Off-beat syncopation
- Anticipated bass
- Transformation
- Latin equivalent of simple {{music|time|4|4}}
- Backbeat transformation of simple {{music|time|4|4}}
- "Satisfaction" example
- History
- See also
- References
- Further reading
{{Image frame|content= \new Staff >|width=300|caption=Vertical hemiola (the ratio 3:2)}} In music, syncopation is a variety of rhythms played together to make a piece of music, making part or all of a tune or piece of music off-beat. More simply, syncopation is "a disturbance or interruption of the regular flow of rhythm": a "placement of rhythmic stresses or accents where they wouldn't normally occur". It is the correlation of at least two sets of time intervals.
Syncopation is used in many musical styles, such as electronic dance music. According to music producer Rick Snoman, “All dance music makes use of syncopation, and it’s often a vital element that helps tie the whole track together”.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “syncopated rhythm” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.