STRING THEORY

I GOT RHYTHM, PART 8

Introducing 16th notes

few episodes of I Got Rhythm, we looked at a bunch of different examples of ways in which musicians will typically accentuate the eighth-note upbeats — those “and” counts between the beats — to produce a variety of interesting and dramatic syncopations in 4/4 meter. As we saw, this can add rhythmic flair to a groove or song and create an energetic feeling of forward motion. I’d, which involve dividing a bar of 4/4 into 16 units.