An empirical study of syncopation in American popular music, 1890-1939

2025-02-18 Classification：Music Click()
Author：Huron, David; Ommen, Ann

Article Title：An empirical study of syncopation in American popular music, 1890-1939

Abstract：
A study of syncopation in American popular music was carried out based on analyses of sound recordings spanning the period 1890 to 1939. Sample measures were randomly selected and the presence and rhythmic character of syncopations were tabulated. Several trend-related hypotheses were tested. While some changes in the patterns of syncopation were evident over the 50-year period of the study, the principal change was an increase in the quantity of syncopation rather than an increase in the variety of syncopated patterns.

Keywords: syncopation; recording; empirical; historical; meter

DOI: 10.1525/mts.2006.28.2.211

Source：MUSIC THEORY SPECTRUM

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