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We have lots of syncopation.
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We have irregular phrasing, somewhat irregular metrical
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patterns as well.
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Tempo--we've talked a little bit about this before and this
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idea of tempo rubato here.
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In romantic music, we get wild swings of tempo in
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that it can be coming along at a regular pace and then slow way,
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way down and then speed up to get back on track and slow down
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and so on.
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And this is part and parcel of the romantic aesthetic in the
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sense that it tends to swing wildly from one extreme to
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another, wildly in terms of rhythm and