One sixteenth note rest,
one dotted eighth note

¼ of a beat,
¾ of a beat

x tied to one sixteenth note,
one dotted eighth note

¼ of a beat,
¾ of a beat

This figure
compared
to the
master
figure

This figure and the following one comprise secondary sixteenth note syncopations, that is, with no support from the beat.
A figure like this one, containing only one long note on the second sixteenth note, has long been unpopular.
It was one of the two last figures to be accepted at the end of the rhythm revolution of the 1975-85 period.

A: Start by doing this rhythm, using the syllable "Ta".

B: Transform the first, third and fourth "Ta" into a "Tu".

C: Eliminate the "Tu".

The second