Quick Links This Day in Music History Music Education @ DataDragon.com Music Education Forums Maintain Your Forum Information Bernadette Peters - Broadway's Best Sudoku (take a break for a puzzle!) Topic: note meaning From the Music Questions forum. Post a reply or begin a new topic. View other threads or jump to a different forum. Enter your search terms Submit search form   Web datadragon.com Author Topic:   note meaning Anonymous Anonymous Poster From Internet Network: 195.93.33.x posted: 9/8/2003 at 12:48:29 PM ET Can you please tell me the meaning of the word SYNCOPATION this may have been copied down wrong not sure craneclassical Registered User From: Atlanta, Ga Registered: 9/5/2003 posted: 9/8/2003 at 3:44:56 PM ET Syncopation, is when there is rhythmic motion ...off the main beats....as in instead of quarter quarter quarter in 3/4 time...the rhythm would be something like ...eighth quarter quarter eighth. A shift of accent in a passage or composition that occurs when a normally weak beat is stressed ...hope this helps Do you think this topic is inappropriate? Vote it down. After a thread receives a certain amount of negative votes it will be automatically locked. Please contact us with any concerns you might have.

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