Hi. I'm currently writing a story about a musician for uni. I'm a musician myself but my theory knowledge is bad. Just to make sure the story is as "authentic" as possible I wanna make sure I get this bit right.

Anyone know the musical term for a little flourish in a rhythm?

For example if I had a 4/4 kickdrum where the drum played on every beat and before the 4th beat there was a little floursh before it like:

Bum bum bum buh-bum

Like a quaver I guess? but I feel there's a better term

@Tomorrow

A fill?

Syncopation

Yeah it's called that wavy s***

yeah I think this gotta be it. thank you so much

A grace note @op

I think the term is sports if I’m not mistaken

Sports

It depends on if it’s rhythmically in time

If it’s a hard, say, sixteenth note before that would just be a little syncopated rhythm

But if it’s a real quick almost ghost note, you’d call that a grace note

thank you! is this a type of syncopation?

Yeah, it’s more ornamental than anything. Like a little decoration to the note.

brilliant, thanks

everything is Sports

Mmm

Not true, some things are aquatic

SPORTS

lol just make that s*** dark

those things are still Sports

Aquatic = Sports but Sports ≠ Aquatic

I believe that's how the formula goes

I see where u are coming from I agree that there are aquatic-sports

all sports are potentially semi-aquatic

but no way does aquatic = sports

It seems to be a mystery id say mystery music to be safe

either ghost note or fill = mysterious music

Drum roll?

swing