What is “syncopation?”

What will be an ideal response?


ANS: Syncopation is a term for rhythm in which the metrical stress of a note is
displaced in the meter so that the emphasis occurs on normally unstressed beats

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A. 12 areas of power onstage B. 3 areas of power onstage C. 2 areas of power onstage D. 6 areas of power onstage E. All areas are the same onstage

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The Pergamon frieze created dramatic contrasts of light and shade by using a technique called __________.

A. modeling B. foreshortening C. undercutting D. contrapposto

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Traditional African sculpture portrays the frontal view as ____

a. coinciding with the profile view b. symmetrical c. asymmetrical d. the same as the back view

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Spirituals are strophic settings of religious texts to folk or popular tunes.

Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)

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