Editing Syncopation (section)

===Backbeat transformation of simple {{music|time|4|4}}===
The accent may be shifted from the first to the second beat in [[duple meter]] (and the third to fourth in quadruple), creating the [[BackBeat|backbeat]] rhythm:

{{Block indent|<score sound="1">
\new RhythmicStaff {
   \clef percussion
   \time 4/4
   \set Score.tempoHideNote = ##t \tempo 4 = 100
   c4-> c c-> c c-> c c-> c c1-> \bar "||"
   c4 c-> c c-> c c-> c c-> c1 \bar "||"
}
</score>}}

Different crowds will "clap along" at concerts either on 1 and 3 or on 2 and 4, as above.