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Syncopation is an accenting behavior that originates from feeling a polyrhythm (polypulse). A polyrhythm occurs when both pulses are actually played. For instance a dotted quarter note pulse originates 2:3 polyrhythm in a 3/4 bar. Feeling the dotted quarter pulse will cause melodies being played or sung to line up with upbeats of the quarter note pulse. The same principle goes for 4:3 polyrhythm to feel a dotted eighth note pulse, causing a behavior of syncopation when playing or singing melodies lining up with the "weak "beats of second and fourth sixteenth notes within a quarter note pulse.