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Chapter 46

Pick-Up Notes & Syncopation

Compound Time & Syncopation

Scaffold
Book2
Unit 11Compound Time & Syncopation
Levelintermediate

Lesson Content

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Examples
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Key Concepts

anacrusispick-up measuresyncopationoff-beat accents

Rules

01

Anacrusis (pick-up) = notes before the first full measure

02

The pick-up measure + last measure should equal one full measure

03

Syncopation = accenting weak beats or off-beats

04

Creates groove, tension, and forward momentum

MIDI Data

{
  "pickup": "Notes before beat 1 of first full measure",
  "syncopation": "Accent on weak beats or off-beats"
}

Exercises

Practice
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Tags

#pickup#anacrusis#syncopation#groove

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