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G E N E R A L INFORMATION
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SYNCOPATION S y n c o p a t i o n o c c u r s w h e n t h e u s u a l a c c e n t i n a b a r i s d i s p l a c e d (notes a r e off the b e a t ) a n d r e s u l t s f r o m t y i n g notes i n a n u n a c c e n t e d p a r t of a b a r to those i n a n a c c e n t e d p a r t ; o r f r o m a w e a k a c c e n t t o a s t r o n g a c c e n t , a l s o p l a y i n g l o n g notes between s h o r t e r o n e s . F o r i n s t a n c e , h a l f n o t e s b e t w e e n q u a r t e r s , q u a r t e r s between e i g h t h s , o r eighths b e t w e e n s i x t e e n t h s , e t c . A s y n c o p a t e d note s h o u l d a l w a y s be a c c e n t e d . T h i s i s g e n e r a l l y i n d i c a t e d b y a m a r k o v e r o r u n d e r a note ( ? ). T h e f i r s t note i n each b a r i s u s u a l l y p l a y e d w i t h a s l i g h t a c c e n t a n d s h o u l d not be p r o n o u n c e d u n l e s s i n d i c a t e d w i t h a n e x t r a a c c e n t m a r k . In 4/4 t i m e , the f i r s t a n d t h i r d q u a r t e r s h a v e a c c e n t s , the t h i r d l i g h t e r than the f i r s t . Syncopation i s a n e x a g g e r a t e d a c c e n t on the n o r m a l l y w e a k p a r t o r p a r t s of the b a r . W h e r e 4/4 t i m e i s i n d i c a t e d , count eight eighths (8/8) f o r " f e e l " a n d a s a n a i d i n r e a d i n g B o o g a l o o . In c o u n t i n g eight to the b a r , a q u a r t e r note r e c e i v e s two e i g h t h counts a n d a half note f o u r e i g h t h counts, etc. T h i s helps i n d i s s e c t i n g b a r s .
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