syncopate

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to omit a sound or a letter from a word; to use syncope
to stress or accentuate the weak beat of a rhythm; to use syncopation
To contract, as a word, by taking one or more letters or syllables from the middle; as, "Gloster"
modify the rhythm by stressing or accenting a weak beat omit a sound or letter in a word; "syncopate a word
is a syncopated form of "Gloucester
omit a sound or letter in a word; "syncopate a word"
modify the rhythm by stressing or accenting a weak beat
To contract, as a word, by taking one or more letters or syllables from the middle; as, "Gloster" is a syncopated form of "Gloucester
" To commence, as a tone, on an unaccented part of a measure, and continue it into the following accented part, so that the accent is driven back upon the weak part and the rhythm drags
To commence, as a tone, on an unaccented part of a measure, and continue it into the following accented part, so that the accent is driven back upon the weak part and the rhythm drags
{f} emphasize the beats or accents that are usually not accented (Music); make a word shorter by omitting one or more syllables or letters in the middle (Grammar)
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of a rhythm, modified by syncopation
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Simple past tense and past participle of syncopate
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The quality of a rhythm being somehow unexpected, in that it deviates from the strict succession of regularly spaced strong and weak beats in a meter
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{a} inverted, having inverted order
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{n} in music an interruption of the regular measure or inverting the order of notes in a bar, connection of notes in different bars
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(Muzik) In music, syncopation is a stress on a normally unstressed beat, or a missing beat where a stressed one would normally be expected. Syncopation is used in many musical styles, including classical music, but it is fundamental in such styles as reggae, ragtime, rap, jump blues, jazz and often in dubstep. In the form of a back beat, syncopation is used in virtually all contemporary popular music
To syncopate
syncopize
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stressing a normally weak beat
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of a word, shortened by syncope
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In syncopated music, the weak beats in the bar are stressed instead of the strong beats. Some spirituals are based on syncopated rhythms. syncopated music has a rhythm in which the beats that are usually weak are emphasized
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In the quantitive verse of classical poetry, the suppression of one syllable in a metrical pattern, with its time value either replaced by a pause (like a musician's "rest") or by the additional lengthening of an adjoining long syllable
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Syncopation is the quality that music has when the weak beats in a bar are stressed instead of the strong ones. a rhythm in a line of music in which the beats that are usually weak are emphasized
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a momentary contradiction of the prevailing meter, beat, or pulse
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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
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The displacement of beats or accents in a musical passage so that the strong beats become weak and vice versa
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{i} act of emphasizing the beats or accents that are usually not accented (Music); omission of a letter or sound from the middle of a word (Grammar); change of meter (Poetry)
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(phonology) the loss of sounds in the interior of a word (as in `fo'c'sle' for `forecastle')
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Producing rhythmic interest by accenting the weak beats in a measure
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A style used in order to vary position of the stress on notes so as to avoid regular rhythm Syncopation is achieved by accenting a weak instead of a strong beat, by putting rests on strong beats, by holding on over strong beats, and by introducing a sudden change of time signature This style of composition was exploited to fullest capabilities by jazz musicians, often in improvisation
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Placing an accent on normally weak beats in a measure
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Hearing beats where you don't expect to hear them Syncopation shifts the strong beats to the weak beats Listen to Maple Leaf Rag to hear syncopation (See meter )
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A disruption of the natural progression of a metric pattern
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music (especially dance music) that has a syncopated rhythm a musical rhythm accenting a normally weak beat
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Shifting the accent to a normally weak beat and holding it over to the strong one
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a displacement of accent on to a beat that is normally unaccented
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The act of syncopating; the contraction of a word by taking one or more letters or syllables from the middle; syncope
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Accent on an unexpected beat
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Deliberate upsetting of the meter or pulse through a temporary shifting of the accent to a weak beat, or an offbeat [Rhythm]
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Changing a regular metrical accent, e g , by coming in early or late on a beat It is a form of rhythmic improvisation [See also: JAZZ ]
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(dance, music) a shifting of the accent or emphasis from the beginning of a beat or group of beats
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a musical rhythm accenting a normally weak beat
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An alteration of the expected rhythmic emphases: for example, accenting a weak (instead of a strong) beat, or replacing strong beats with a rest (silence) Syncopations disturb the regular, predictable pattern of strong and weak beats (See meter )
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In music, the accentuation of a beat that is normally weak or unaccented
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Abbreviating or stressing of certain movements within a routine
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the accenting of a beat that is not normally stressed: (1 2 3/ 1 2 3/ 1 2 3/ ) or the part of a beat that is not normally stressed
syncopation
music (especially dance music) that has a syncopated rhythm
syncopate

    Hyphenation

    syn·co·pate

    Turkish pronunciation

    sîngkıpeyt

    Pronunciation

    /ˈsəɴɢkəˌpāt/ /ˈsɪŋkəˌpeɪt/

    Etymology

    [ 'si[ng]-k&-"pAt, 'sin- ] (transitive verb.) 1605. From Medieval Latin syncopātus, past particple of syncopō, from Late Latin syncopa, from Ancient Greek σύν (syn, “with”) + κόπτω (kopto, “cut”)
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