Music Theory: From Absolute Beginner to Expert · 5th edition

Example 6.12

A plain bar, then the same bar syncopated

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What you hear

A bar of the pulse alone, then two bars of eighths and quarters (1 and 2 and 3 4), then two bars with the "and" of beat 1 held over beat 2 (1 and (2) and 3 4) (C5), 60 BPM over a soft pulse on C3

In the book: Figure 6.17.

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