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Definition of Syncopation
1. Noun. (phonology) the loss of sounds from within a word (as in 'fo'c'sle' for 'forecastle').
Category relationships: Phonemics, Phonology
Generic synonyms: Articulation
Derivative terms: Syncopate, Syncopate
2. Noun. A musical rhythm accenting a normally weak beat.
3. Noun. Music (especially dance music) that has a syncopated rhythm.
Definition of Syncopation
1. n. The act of syncopating; the contraction of a word by taking one or more letters or syllables from the middle; syncope.
Definition of Syncopation
1. Noun. (music) 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 ¹
2. Noun. (phonology) The loss of sounds in the middle of a word ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Syncopation
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Syncopation
Literary usage of Syncopation
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Treatise on Counterpoint & Fugue by Luigi Cherubini, Joseph Bennett (1884)
"It remains but to indicate the manner in which a third part should be introduced
during syncopation. RULE LI. It has been already said,—and it is necessary ..."
2. A Treatise on Counterpoint & Fugue by Luigi Cherubini, Mary Cowden Clarke, Josiah Pittman (1854)
"Fourth order — on syncopation. In the order about to be discussed, what has been
eaid with reference to the analogous one, in two-part counterpoint, ..."
3. The Art of the Player-piano: A Text-book for Student and Teacher by Sydney Grew (1922)
"... AND Syncopation IN section VI (page 259), I gave studies only in the ...
that syncopation by change of ictus which converts (a) the spondee-measure with ..."
4. Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians by George Grove (1908)
"Syncopation. [An alteration of regular rhythm, produced by placing the ...
In a bar of common time, the simplest form of syncopation is produced by giving ..."
5. Exercises in Elementary Counterpoint by Percy Goetschius (1910)
"And, as usual, write a number of original melodies with counterpoint, imitating
the style of the above. CHAPTER X. Syncopation, OR SHIFTED RHYTHM. ..."
6. Exercises in Elementary Counterpoint by Percy Goetschius (1910)
"And, as usual, write a number of original melodies with counterpoint, imitating
the style of the above. CHAPTER X. Syncopation, OR SHIFTED RHYTHM. ..."
7. The Theory of Musical Composition: Treated with a View to a Naturally by Gottfried Weber, John Bishop (1851)
"(20 Syncopation. § XCVI. One rhythmical position of a note, especially worthy of
remark, is that which we term syncopation. When, namely, a musical sound ..."
8. Counterpoint Simplified: A Text-book in Simple Strict Counterpoint by Francis L. York (1907)
"Syncopation, then, is the prolongation of an unaccented note into an accented note.
The first half of the note in the Counterpoint must always be consonant ..."
9. A Treatise on Counterpoint & Fugue by Luigi Cherubini, Joseph Bennett (1884)
"It remains but to indicate the manner in which a third part should be introduced
during syncopation. RULE LI. It has been already said,—and it is necessary ..."
10. A Treatise on Counterpoint & Fugue by Luigi Cherubini, Mary Cowden Clarke, Josiah Pittman (1854)
"Fourth order — on syncopation. In the order about to be discussed, what has been
eaid with reference to the analogous one, in two-part counterpoint, ..."
11. The Art of the Player-piano: A Text-book for Student and Teacher by Sydney Grew (1922)
"... AND Syncopation IN section VI (page 259), I gave studies only in the ...
that syncopation by change of ictus which converts (a) the spondee-measure with ..."
12. Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians by George Grove (1908)
"Syncopation. [An alteration of regular rhythm, produced by placing the ...
In a bar of common time, the simplest form of syncopation is produced by giving ..."
13. Exercises in Elementary Counterpoint by Percy Goetschius (1910)
"And, as usual, write a number of original melodies with counterpoint, imitating
the style of the above. CHAPTER X. Syncopation, OR SHIFTED RHYTHM. ..."
14. Exercises in Elementary Counterpoint by Percy Goetschius (1910)
"And, as usual, write a number of original melodies with counterpoint, imitating
the style of the above. CHAPTER X. Syncopation, OR SHIFTED RHYTHM. ..."
15. The Theory of Musical Composition: Treated with a View to a Naturally by Gottfried Weber, John Bishop (1851)
"(20 Syncopation. § XCVI. One rhythmical position of a note, especially worthy of
remark, is that which we term syncopation. When, namely, a musical sound ..."
16. Counterpoint Simplified: A Text-book in Simple Strict Counterpoint by Francis L. York (1907)
"Syncopation, then, is the prolongation of an unaccented note into an accented note.
The first half of the note in the Counterpoint must always be consonant ..."
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