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Skill: Easy Syncopation

The term "syncopation" refers to notes occurring on unstressed beats or parts of a beat rather than on stressed beats or parts of a beat. In any meter the primary stress is on the downbeat, or beat one. In common time there is a secondary stress on beat three. When the notes occur on beats 2 and 4 rather than on beat 3, it's a simple kind of syncopation. We'll discuss syncopation much more in the future when it relates to faster notes. The pattern we're looking at here is quarter note, half note, quarter note within a measure. (ta ta_ ta)

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