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Can someone explain the rhythm of a Mazurka?

The basic idea of the style is that it's in 3/4 time (or other triple meter), with accents on beats TWO and THREE. The accents are what makes it feel unbalanced. You are probably used to waltz style, where the accents are on ONE and THREE. As such, it may be easy to mistake beat 3 of a mazurka for beat 1 of a waltz, since those accents are in the same place ...



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