1) Are the following bass lines syncopated? Why or why not, and where does the syncopation occur? Some of these may be ambiguous, so it's more important to have a good reason for your answer than to get it exactly "right".
2) Let's look at anticipation and suspension. For each of the following progressions, do they feature anticipation, suspension, both, or neither? If they feature either, where does it occur? How can you tell if a syncopated attack is anticipated or suspended?
3) Write a syncopated rhythm of your own! If you play a pitched instrument, try putting a melody or harmony to your rhythm. If you have notation software you can write it out there and share it, but if not just tap it out on whatever surface is available. Try to get a feel for where your rhythm deviates from expected placement.
And that's it for syncopation! We'll see you next week!
1.1 isn't syncopated I think, or at least the second bar isn't. Assuming I've read the notation right. Second bar - a quaver on the beat, followed by a quaver rest (so thats 1 beat), followed by two half beats, finishing with a minum all starting on the beat. The first bar I think is also not syncopated, but I'm confused because I feel like I'm only counting 3 beats in a 4/4 bar? so maybe it is then?
ReplyDelete1.2) Is syncopated with the quaver rest on the third beat of the 1st bar, but the second bar isn't.
1.3) I think the attacks are still coming on the beats - two quarter notes followed by a quaver rest, so we get 1, 2, 3, 4
1.4) I think its syncopated, but not sure why.
1.4) I assume its the dotted quavers, but not sure why
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