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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The first impulse to write this novel is described as a throb.

写这本小说的第一冲动就被描绘成悸动。

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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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It's the most important thing and our conducting pattern always has to have the downbeat of the hand in sync with the strongest impulse in the music , the strong.

这是最为重要的,而我们的指挥手势,总是和着乐曲的强音,做出重拍的动作

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Usually, the metrical impulse is on the beat.

一般来说,韵律的冲动出现在节拍上

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