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syncopation (ˌsɪŋkəˈpeɪʃən) ![]() | |
| —n | |
| 1. | music |
| a. the displacement of the usual rhythmic accent away from a strong beat onto a weak beat | |
| b. a note, beat, rhythm, etc, produced by syncopation | |
| 2. | another word for syncope |
syncopation
in music, the displacement of regular accents associated with given metrical patterns, resulting in a disruption of the listener's expectations and the arousal of a desire for the reestablishment of metric normality; hence the characteristic "forward drive" of highly syncopated music. Syncopation may be effected by accenting normally weak beats in a measure, by resting on a normal accented beat, or by tying over a note to the next measure
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