STRING THEORY
May 19, 2020
3 minutes
by Jimmy Brown
I GOT RHYTHM, PART 5
Dotted notes and rests
down the rabbit hole of rhythmic possibilities, I’d like to build upon the previous four lessons and illustrate some additional ways to create syncopation. As I explained last time, in I Got Rhythm, Part 4, syncopation can either be an emphasis on what is considered a “weak” part of the beat, meaning anything other than the downbeat, such as an eighth-note upbeat (the “and” count), or an accentuation of a relatively weak beat in
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