Auger
Senior Member
I don't know about the transposing thing, but that's right sniz (at least as I understand it)
Syncopation’s more about the emphasis of a note in an unexpected place (which can be a down beat, actually) and it can also be done by not playing a note where you'd expect one (at least as I understand it). But, unless you're describing the specific situation of reggae -which the word syncopation is often used to describe in an arguably inaccurate way, syncopation doesn't imply a regular pulse like you're showing, J, but part of a phrase that's used to contrast the beat.
Think about funk.
The beat, or pulse of the music is:
"ONE . . . TWO . . . THREE . . . FOUR . . . " ...etc
you might play something like:
"ONE . . . TWO . . . THREE . . DUH . . AND . . . . . TWO . . . THREE" ...etc
so, it's not so much thinking "one AND two AND..." as it is thinking about combinations or phrases that put the accent in an unexpected place. A good reference for developing the ability to do this (aside from going to the source and listening to music) is (big surprise) Ted Reed's Progressive Steps to Syncopation.
hope this helps!
Syncopation’s more about the emphasis of a note in an unexpected place (which can be a down beat, actually) and it can also be done by not playing a note where you'd expect one (at least as I understand it). But, unless you're describing the specific situation of reggae -which the word syncopation is often used to describe in an arguably inaccurate way, syncopation doesn't imply a regular pulse like you're showing, J, but part of a phrase that's used to contrast the beat.
Think about funk.
The beat, or pulse of the music is:
"ONE . . . TWO . . . THREE . . . FOUR . . . " ...etc
you might play something like:
"ONE . . . TWO . . . THREE . . DUH . . AND . . . . . TWO . . . THREE" ...etc
so, it's not so much thinking "one AND two AND..." as it is thinking about combinations or phrases that put the accent in an unexpected place. A good reference for developing the ability to do this (aside from going to the source and listening to music) is (big surprise) Ted Reed's Progressive Steps to Syncopation.
hope this helps!