So you can hear, the triplet being inserted, so a triplet is simply insertion of three notes in the place of two, not more complicated than that.

大家听到,插入了三连音,三连音只是简单地,在原来两个音符的位置上换成三个音,没有更复杂的概念了

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So what syncopation is is simply the insertion of an impulse, a "Hit" If you will, at a metrical place that we do not expect it to be.

所以切分音就是插入的一个冲动,也可以说是一次"撞击",出现在一个我们意料之外的位置

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All right. Now an insertion, sort of discursus.

好了,现在咱们来个小讨论

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