Now in music as you probably know-- we've already talked a little bit about this-- we have the importance of the beat.

你们也许知道在音乐中节拍很重要,我们已经讨论过一些,节拍的问题

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With syncopation the impulse can come suddenly off the beat, and it gives it a little snap or jazzy aspect to the music.

在切分音里,冲动会突然打乱节拍,让音乐听起来突兀,奔放

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Remember we were talking about beat, which is the regular pulse, the pulse of life, the pulse of music, that comes at regular intervals.

我们讲到了节拍,节拍是一种有规律的律动,就像生命的律动一样,这是音乐的律动,节拍表现为有规律的间隔

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The beat's very important in music and generally speaking, in music, we divide the beat.

节拍很重要,通常来讲,在音乐中,我们把节拍进行了划分

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