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noun
1.
Music. a shifting of the normal accent, usually by stressing the normally unaccented beats.
2.
something, as a rhythm or a passage of music, that is syncopated.
3.
Also called counterpoint, counterpoint rhythm. Prosody. the use of rhetorical stress at variance with the metrical stress of a line of verse, as the stress on and and of in Come praise Colonus' horses and come praise/The wine-dark of the wood's intricacies.
4.
Grammar. syncope.
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Syncopation
is always a great word to know.
So is diminished chord. Does it mean:
| quarter note that is lengthened by half |
| dissonant chord |
Example Sentences
- So far it is straightforward, with an occasional distracting filigree or sneaky syncopation.
- He also plays at ragtime festivals, and gives concerts almost anywhere lovers of syncopation gather.
- The study appears to be about whether people find syncopation surprising.
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World English Dictionary
| 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 |
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Word Origin & History
syncopation
1532, "contraction of a word by omission of middle sounds," from M.L. syncopationem (nom. syncopatio) "a shortening or contraction," from syncopare "to shorten," also "to faint away, to swoon," from L.L. syncope (see syncope). Musical sense is attested from 1597.
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Encyclopedia Britannica
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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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