Quotes About Syncopation

I try to convey the musical notes through dance, take on the music.

I like a nice rumble on bass, openness on guitar and drums that breathe.

You are dancing with Elaine. Tad is dancing with Theresa. Elaine moves with an angular syncopation that puts you in mind of the figures on Egyptian tombs. It may be a major new dance step.

There seemed to be a pattern to the drips from each seep, a pattern I had heard before, wondering each time if there might be a sort of specific timing.... The sounds were predisposed, unaware of anything more important than their own syncopation.

Jazz drummers traditionally are not always prepared to just hold down the beat; it's like they're soloing the whole time.

I like to combine the dramatic emotional warmth of strings with the grooves and body business of drums and bass.