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Syncopation - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Syncopation : (noun)
1: (phonology) the loss of sounds in the interior of a word (as
in `fo'c'sle' for `forecastle') [syn: syncope]
2: a musical rhythm accenting a normally weak beat
3: music (especially dance music) that has a syncopated rhythm
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Syncopation : \Syn`co*pa"tion\, n.
1. (Gram.) The act of syncopating; the contraction of a word
by taking one or more letters or syllables from the
middle; syncope.
2. (Mus.) The act of syncopating; a peculiar figure of
rhythm, or rhythmical alteration, which consists in
welding into one tone the second half of one beat with the
first half of the beat which follows.
Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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Example Usage of Syncopation |
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electrickeeper: I'm really hooked on the Syncopation of Gunman. Excellent piece of music. |
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memoire: [♪] Ryota Nozaki / Everlasting Wish (Life Syncopation) |
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heaMOORE: @PeeteerSmith I need your help! You know the music vocabulary: Ostinato, Imatation, Sequence, Syncopation etc. What is the collective word?? |
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