Syncopation refers to changing the pattern of stress on the strong beat in a piece of music, so that the sound on the weak beat or the weak part of the strong beat becomes accented due to the extension of the duration. This stress is called syncopation . The way to play it is to start from the weak beat and continue to the next strong beat.

Syncopated rhythm is a rhythm change that occurs when the melody is in progress. Due to the needs of the music, the conventional rhythm rules are changed, and the strong and weak beats of the notes are changed and emphasized.

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The format of syncopation formation——

(1) The weak beat sound continues to the strong beat position;

( 2) Rest the strong beat position;

(3) Change the weak beat sound to a strong beat.

That is, the middle sound is long, the sounds on both sides are short, and the middle sound is the stress. The weak beat begins to continue to the next strong beat. In layman's terms, for example, for three notes, the first note is played for half a beat, the middle note is played for one beat, and the third note is also played for half a beat. The effect of this popping up is syncopation. Rhythm.