Syncopation
As mentioned in the previous lesson syncopation means displacing the normal flow of accents in the music, usually from on the beat to off the beat. One of the most common ways of creating syncopated rhythms is to use rests on the beat as shown in the following example.
Another common method of creating syncopated rhythms is to use ties as shown here.
This well known Caribbean song contains many syncopated rhythms created by the use of both rests and ties. If you have trouble with syncopated rhythms, play them on one note first and count as you play.
Class Sessions
1- What Are All These Sounds?
2- The C Major Scale
3- The Triplet
4- 12 Bar Blues
5- INTRODUCTION
6- The Eighth Note
7- Sliding Between Notes
8- Sixteenth Notes
9- Hand Vibrato
10- Playing Single Notes
11- Cross Harp Sounds
12- Rests
13- Improvisation
14- Playing in Other Keys
15- Making Musical Sounds
16- More titles by LearnToPlayMusic.com
17- Notes on the C Harmonica
18- Swing Rhythms
19- The Trill
20- Trailing Off
21- The G Major Pentatonic Scale
22- Understanding Chords
23- Double Tonguing
24- Which Harmonica to Use
25- Reading the Notation System
26- Moving Between Positions
27- The Lead-in
28- The Train Whistle
29- Cross Harp Playing
30- The Tie
31- Call and Response
32- Melody and Harmony
33- Playing Songs
34- The Major Pentatonic Scale
35- How to Hold the Harmonica
36- Bending Notes
37- The Minor Pentatonic Scale
38- The Shuffle
39- Bar Lines
40- Consecutive Breaths
41- Different Types of Chords
42- The Blues Scale
43- Syncopation
44- Combining Chords and Single Notes
45- Grace Notes
46- Tonguing