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 beat will do--control--that, so it's the pace or speed of the beat.

节拍才是根本,所以速度指节拍的快慢

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It's as though I've walked across the stage like this realized, damn, it was the guy over here or rather I found the smallest element here who beat out number 2 over here so I can now put number 1 into place and recall that it didn't matte if I punted whoever was standing here 'cause they were given to me randomly anyway.

这就像是我这样走过讲台,然后才发现要找的人在那儿,或者说发现了最小的元素,那么就可以将1号放在正确的位置,而在这儿的是谁并不重要,因为他们本身就是,随机的。

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Rock really comes forth not so much in twos but in fours we'll call this a 4/4, and you caso we'll call this a 4/4 and you can beat a four pattern to it or you can beat a two pattern.

摇滚乐都是四拍子,不是二拍子,是四拍子,我们称为四四拍,你可以作为四拍子,也可以作为两拍子来打节拍

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