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  2. Syncopation - Wikipedia

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    In music, syncopation is a variety of rhythms played together to make a piece of music, making part or all of a tune or piece of music off-beat.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". [1]

  3. The Syncopated Clock - Wikipedia

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    The arrangement requires temple blocks to be used as the sound of the clock that is heard throughout, except for a brief section in the middle. The piece is in 4 4 time; the opening establishes a perfectly regular "tick-tock" accompaniment, beginning with a roll off the orchestra's staccato strike of an A chord, creating an expectation that it will continue.

  4. Syncope (phonology) - Wikipedia

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    In phonology, syncope (/ ˈ s ɪ ŋ k ə p i /; from Ancient Greek: συγκοπή, romanized: sunkopḗ, lit. 'cutting up') is the loss of one or more sounds from the interior of a word, especially the loss of an unstressed vowel.

  5. Ragtime - Wikipedia

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    4 time with a predominant left-hand pattern of bass notes on strong beats (beats 1 and 3) and chords on weak beats (beat 2 and 4) accompanying a syncopated melody in the right hand. According to some sources the name "ragtime" may come from the "ragged or syncopated rhythm" of the right hand. [1] A rag written in 3 4 time is a "ragtime waltz".

  6. Bo Diddley beat - Wikipedia

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    Bo Diddley beat takes its name from Bo Diddley and his eponymous song. The Bo Diddley beat is a syncopated musical rhythm that is widely used in rock and roll and pop music. [1] [2] [3] The beat is named after rhythm and blues musician Bo Diddley, who introduced and popularized the beat with his self-titled debut single, "Bo Diddley", in 1955.

  7. Disco - Wikipedia

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    Disco is a genre of dance music and a subculture that emerged in the late 1960s from the United States' urban nightlife scene. Its sound is typified by four-on-the-floor beats, syncopated basslines, string sections, brass and horns, electric piano, synthesizers, and electric rhythm guitars.

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    There are also likely structural differences in the brains of these individuals, such as there being more association between the areas of the brain that are responsible for sound and emotions ...

  9. Freestyle music - Wikipedia

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    "Let the Music Play" eventually became freestyle's biggest hit, and still receives frequent airplay. Its producers Chris Barbosa and Mark Liggett changed and redefined the electro funk sound with the addition of Latin-American rhythms and a syncopated drum-machine sound. In March 2013, Radio City Music Hall hosted a freestyle concert. Top ...