Syncopation occurs when the normal metrical pattern of accentuation is deliberately contradicted. Therefore, the last beat of each measure is the upbeat for the following measure. Pay particular attention to the unique sound of each of these members of the tonic triad. Gilbert King. These scales are constructed using a repeating interval pattern such as M2 — M2 — M2 — M2 — M2 or M2 — m2 — M2 — m2 — M2 — m2 — M2 — m2, as seen below ; consequently, Chapter 21 they produce an equivalent collection when transposed by some intervals unlike the diatonic scale, which has twelve distinct transpositions.
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