Syncopation in music.

WHAT IS SYNCOPATION IN MUSIC?

Syncopation in music is the concept of playing rhythms that accent or emphasize the offbeats.
It shifts or displaces a standard rhythm by stressing beats generally not stressed.

The time signature of a piece of music identifies a consistent pattern of strong and weak beats.
A syncopated rhythm shifts this pattern by emphasizing weak upbeats instead of the strong downbeats.

For example, songs with a 4/4 time signature usually stress the first and third beats.
However, a syncopated rhythm may emphasize the second and fourth beats or notes between them.

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Syncopation is a musical term meaning 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"

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