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Can anyone tell me what it is? and what the use in doing it is? (tried searching for it an nothin came up) safe

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syncopation

Wierdly enough the first line reads thus -

In music, syncopation is when a stressing of a normally unstressed beat in a bar or failure to sound a tone on an accented beat occurs. Syncopation is used on occasion in many musical styles, including classical music, but it is fundamental in such styles as ragtime, jump blues, jazz and often in dubstep. In the form of a back beat, syncopation is used in virtually all contemporary popular music.

Think someone's been playing silly blighters there

haha true say man, i meant tried searchin the forum bt never even thought to look at wikipedia (thinks about how much of a silly blighter he is) thanks for the search tho man n by the way that blindfold tune on your my space is heavy.

1/4 ,1/4 ,1/8-1/8 ,1/4

is the most common form

If you want to learn about syncopation I think it'd be better to listen to James Brown, Fela Kuti, brazillian batucada music and on a more dubstep related tip El-b - they'll probably give you a far better idea than reading about it

Shonky wrote:If you want to learn about syncopation I think it'd be better to listen to James Brown, Fela Kuti, brazillian batucada music and on a more dubstep related tip El-b - they'll probably give you a far better idea than reading about it

or ska - it was called ska cos it emphasises the upbeat/offbeat like boom-ska boom-ska boom-ska if you know what I mean.

Scott Joplin (ragtime composer, wrote stuff like the Entertainer) was also famous for his syncopation.

Syncopation is also playing around with contrasting beats in a rhythm... it's what makes a rhythm interesting... putting beats in unexpected places here and there. That's not an official definition, but it gets at what syncopation is.

Don't forget triplet & shuffle.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuplet
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swung_note