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    can anyone help me with this
    the thing is, i wanna play along with another person (guitarist) but i dont really know how to play along. can someone tell me like when to use a syncopation and stuff like that?

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    syncopation whats that? just feel the music listen to him play and experiment ..thats how i play ..dont get all defensive when they say it sounds like crap tho...most of the time their right if you dont belive me record a session useing a cheap Mp3 players recording function and place it about 15-20 feet from you and play with them ...you'll relize that the "perfect beat " youve built for the song isnt so perfect after all....
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    Syncopation is when something is accented in a different place than usual. Where a weaker beat then becomes a stronger beat. For example; instead of playing 2 and 4 backbeat, play the first snare hit on the 'and' of 2, and then the second one on beat 4.

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    thanks ..i love new vocab for drums
    PRACTICE SAFE BANGING!!! play drums! My Pearl Session Kit

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    Quote Originally Posted by drummer
    Syncopation is when something is accented in a different place than usual. Where a weaker beat then becomes a stronger beat. For example; instead of playing 2 and 4 backbeat, play the first snare hit on the 'and' of 2, and then the second one on beat 4.
    Sound, or feel wise, the beat has a skip to it. When a little kid is skipping down the sidewalk, that's a syncopated beat.

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    hmm...I have heard that before but the easier term to understand was variation..am I wrong?

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    The word variation isn't specific enough. A variation could be anything but syncopation is specifically a "skip" in the beat, as Roaddebris puts it. Understanding the word syncopation is like trying to understand the word ironic. You usually have to experience it a bit before you truly get it.

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    funny you said that.. I still dont understand the word ironic, my mom says its really hard to explain the meaning, so shes trying to find an example of ironicness (if thats a word... lol) so she can show me lol
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    Quote Originally Posted by Lezzledrummer
    ... so shes trying to find an example of ironicness (if thats a word... lol)
    irony

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    lol...

    okay...how about...a cop getting robbed. Ironic because usually the cop stops, but in this case he got robed...

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