Editing Syncopation (section)

===Suspension===
For the following example, there are two points of syncopation where the third beats are sustained from the second beats. In the same way, the first beat of the second bar is sustained from the fourth beat of the first bar.

{{Block indent|<score sound="1" override_midi="Two point syncopation.mid">
 \new RhythmicStaff {
   \clef percussion
   \time 4/4
   \set Score.tempoHideNote = ##t \tempo 4 = 100
   c4-> c2-> c4->~ c c2-> c4->
}
</score>}}

Though syncopation may be very complex, dense or complex-looking rhythms often contain no syncopation. The following rhythm, though dense, stresses the regular [[Beat (music)#Downbeat|downbeats]], 1 and 4 (in {{music|time|6|8}}):<ref name="Dummies" />

{{Block indent|<score sound="1" override_midi="Not syncopation example.mid">
 \new RhythmicStaff {
   \clef percussion
   \time 6/8
   \set Score.tempoHideNote = ##t \tempo 4 = 80
   c8-> c c
   c16-> \set stemRightBeamCount = #1 c \set stemLeftBeamCount = #1 c \set stemRightBeamCount = #1 c \set stemLeftBeamCount = #1 c c
   c32-> c c \set stemRightBeamCount = #1 c \set stemLeftBeamCount = #1 c c c \set stemRightBeamCount = #1 c \set stemLeftBeamCount = #1 c c c c
   c8-> c c
}
</score>}}

However, whether it is a placed rest or an accented note, any point in a piece of music that changes the listener's sense of the downbeat is a point of syncopation because it shifts where the strong and weak accents are built.<ref name="Dummies" />