What is “syncopation?”

What will be an ideal response?

ANS: Syncopation is a term for rhythm in which the metrical stress of a note is
displaced in the meter so that the emphasis occurs on normally unstressed beats

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Which instrument was not common in early jazz bands, but became very common by the end of the 1920s?

a. trombone b. saxophone c. tuba d. guitar

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What made Allen Ginsberg's "Howl" a well-suited characterization of the Beat generation?

A. its promotion of unbridled consumerism and the proliferation of goods B. its spirit of inclusiveness, including not only drugs and alcohol but also graphic sexual language and homosexuality C. its call for animalistic masculinity to be readmitted to art D. its manifesto of the Beat isolationist philosophy

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