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 to rhythm what dissonance is to harmony. A syncopated rhythm has accents on unexpected beats. In Western classical music, syncopation is usually temporary and eventually “resolves” to simpler rhythms.

For example, if you conduct or tap the counting pulse while listening to a song, several notes in a row that are articulated between your taps or conducted beats, with no notes articulated simultaneously with the counting pulse, indicate syncopation.

Syncopation is the accenting of a note which would usually not be accented. Syncopation is often described as being off beat. The time signature of a piece of music gives an indication of a regular pattern of strong and weak beats. A syncopated rhythm goes against this pattern by putting the accent on weak beats.

Syncopation sentence example

1. He then sequenced his ideas on to the computer adapting the melody to reflect a Blues style, using syncopation .
2. To the offbeat syncopation Snyder is dancing like an indian around a totem pole.

It is sometimes difficult to count syncopated rhythms because many notes start on offbeats. It is also very difficult to play each note at the right time since there are so many notes that you need to play slightly off from each other.

Syncopation is not a type of polyrhythm but is a disturbance of the regular flow of the rhythm. To put it simply, if you’re playing a 4/4 beat, a drummer may put an accent on the second and fourth beat (using a snare drum for example).

1 : a temporary displacement of the regular metrical accent in music caused typically by stressing the weak beat. 2 : a syncopated rhythm, passage, or dance step.

syncopated Add to list Share. In music, rhythms or beats that are unexpected or sound “off” in an interesting way are syncopated. As a verb, syncopate means to make music with this kind of rhythm and also to “shorten words by omitting syllables,” from the Greek root synkope, “contraction of a word.”

If no one’s dancing at the school dance, it might be time to ask the DJ to play some music with more syncopation, or a strong, distinct rhythm that makes you want to move. Jazz is the musical genre best known for syncopation, using rhythm and beats in unexpected ways to make exciting, finger-snapping music.

Reggae is a musical form that is rarely treated in guitar books. Its a syncopated music which is often difficult to notate and reggae guitarists are rarely given the chance to play extended solos. In many respects, the reggae guitarist is a fundamental part of the rhythm section.

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• 1) Bob Marley.

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“Reggae” comes from the term “rege-rege” which means “rags” or “ragged clothes”, and this gives you your first clue into the story behind reggae music.

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Peter Tosh, OM (born Winston Hubert McIntosh; 19 October 1944 – 11 September 1987) was a Jamaican reggae musician. Along with Bob Marley and Bunny Wailer, he was one of the core members of the band the Wailers (1963–1976), after which he established himself as a successful solo artist and a promoter of Rastafari.

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Peter Tosh, a founding member of the Wailers, a reggae group that helped to popularize the vibrant Jamaican music style internationally, was killed at his home Friday night by gunmen, the police said. Mr. Tosh was 42 years old.

Gamal Jawara McIntosh was arrested in New Jersey on a marijuana charge and had six months of his sentence remaining when the beating occurred. The son of late reggae legend Peter Tosh, died in his Boston area home on July 17 at the age of 40.

He was also known as Jah B, Bunny O’Riley, and Bunny Livingston….Bunny Wailer.

Today, Dennis ‘Leppo’ Lobban sits in a Jamaican prison, sentenced for the murder of his ‘friend’ Peter Tosh, Jeff Dixon and Wilton Brown.

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Some 16 years after being convicted of murdering Peter Tosh, Free I and Wilton ‘Doc’ Brown, Dennis Lobban still maintains his innocence, while serving a life sentence.

How much is his estate worth? Reportedly, Marley’s estimated net worth is around $130 million dollars. As both a singer and songwriter, Marley is credited with popularizing reggae and the Rastafari movement worldwide. Some of his worldwide hit songs include “No Woman, No Cry”, “Jamming”, and “One Love”.