syncopation
If no one’s dancing at the school dance, it might be time to ask the DJ to play some music with more syncopation, or a strong, distinct rhythm that makes you want to move.
Jazz is the musical genre best known for syncopation, using rhythm and beats in unexpected ways to make exciting, finger-snapping music. Syncopation has been around for a lot longer than that, though — it pops up in works by Bach and Mozart, for example.
Definitions of syncopation
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a musical rhythm accenting a normally weak beat
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type of:
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beat, musical rhythm, rhythm
the basic rhythmic unit in a piece of music
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beat, musical rhythm, rhythm
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music (especially dance music) that has a syncopated rhythm
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type of:
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music
an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner
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music
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(phonology) the loss of sounds from within a word (as in `fo’c’sle’ for `forecastle’)
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synonyms:
syncope-
type of:
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articulation
the aspect of pronunciation that involves bringing articulatory organs together so as to shape the sounds of speech
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articulation
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