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The 47 pages that link to Syncopation, each with the reason it gives.

• JazzRelated: Jazz uses displaced accents to create rhythmic surprise and interplay.

• African American musicRelated: Syncopation gives many genres their distinctive rhythmic tension and drive.

• PolyrhythmRelated: Syncopation can sharpen the perceived conflict between simultaneous patterns.

• TempoCompared with: A rhythm can feel energetic or unsettled without its tempo changing.

• RhythmBroader topic: Syncopation creates tension by placing emphasis against the prevailing pulse or meter.

• FunkRelated: Syncopated accents disrupt regular meter and give funk grooves their forward pull.

• RagtimeBroader topic: Ragtime’s characteristic melodic accents displace emphasis from the steady underlying beat.

• New Orleans jazzRelated: Offbeat accents help give the music its buoyant rhythmic drive.

• Bossa novaNarrower topic: Offbeat accents help create the relaxed, gently swaying groove.

• BreakbeatRelated: Syncopated accents give many breakbeats their propulsive, off-balance feel.

• BackbeatRelated: A backbeat shifts emphasis away from the first beat, though its regular placement is not necessarily syncopation.

• Stride pianoRelated: Right-hand syncopation offsets the steady left-hand pulse.

• Dance musicRelated: Offbeat accents give dance music groove and invite playful movement.

• Four-on-the-floorCompared with: Syncopated accents disrupt the pattern’s regular beat-by-beat emphasis.

• Ars novaRelated: Ars nova rhythms used displaced accents to create rhythmic tension and complexity.

• Boogie-woogieNarrower topic: Right-hand accents often push against the steady left-hand pulse.

• MamboNarrower topic: Its displaced accents help create mambo’s propulsive, dance-oriented feel.

• RappingRelated: Offbeat accents let a vocal line create tension against a steady instrumental pulse.

• Clave (rhythm)Related: Clave’s asymmetrical accents give many aligned parts their syncopated feel.

• James BrownRelated: His interlocking rhythms made offbeat accents central to the groove.

• Tap danceRelated: Offbeat accents give tap phrases much of their rhythmic surprise.

• Harmonic rhythmRelated: Offbeat chord changes can create syncopated harmonic accents.

• João GilbertoRelated: His displaced accents gave bossa nova its characteristic rhythmic tension.

• Guitar riffRelated: Syncopated accents give riffs tension and momentum beyond their repeated notes.

• Jazz danceRelated: Jazz dancers use accents against the beat to create surprise and rhythmic drive.

• TimbalandNarrower topic: Offbeat accents help give many Timbaland productions their lurching, unpredictable groove.

• Pulse (music)Related: It creates tension by shifting accents away from expected pulse points.

• BeatboxingRelated: Unexpected accents give beatbox patterns groove and forward motion.

• Scott JoplinRelated: Its displaced accents give Joplin’s ragtime melodies their characteristic rhythmic lift.

• Drum and bassRelated: Syncopated kick and snare patterns give its fast rhythms their distinctive lilt.

• DubstepRelated: Offbeat accents make dubstep grooves feel unstable without abandoning a steady pulse.

• Nicholas BrothersRelated: Their crisp timing made syncopated rhythms visible as well as audible.

• Maple Leaf RagRelated: Its displaced accents create the piece’s characteristic rhythmic tension.

• James JamersonNarrower topic: His offbeat accents gave Motown recordings forward motion without losing their dance pulse.

• James Reese EuropeRelated: Its displaced accents gave Europe’s arrangements their propulsive dance character.

• Stayin' AliveRelated: The bass and guitar accents create forward motion against the steady beat.

• The Boswell SistersRelated: Their sharply accented phrasing brought jazz-like rhythmic surprise into popular vocal performances.

• Mississippi John HurtRelated: Small rhythmic displacements help his relaxed performances feel buoyant rather than rigid.

• SuperstitionRelated: The clavinet pattern’s displaced accents give the riff its restless propulsion.

• Chaka KhanRelated: Syncopated phrasing lets Khan’s vocals interact with the rhythmic push of funk arrangements.

• Dixieland jazzRelated: Offbeat accents give Dixieland melodies much of their forward drive.

• Earl ScruggsRelated: Offbeat accents help Scruggs’s rolls sound propulsive rather than mechanically even.

• Music of BrazilNarrower topic: Syncopation helps explain the rhythmic character of many Brazilian popular styles.

• New wave of American heavy metalRelated: Syncopated riffs give much of the movement’s guitar writing its forceful, lurching feel.

• Nicolás GuillénRelated: Syncopated phrasing gives many poems a pulse associated with Afro-Cuban music.

• SkrillexRelated: Offbeat accents help give his bass-heavy drops their lurching momentum.

• Super Mario Bros. themeRelated: Its offbeat accents give the melody much of its buoyant, forward-driving feel.