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Definition of Syncopations
1. syncopation [n] - See also: syncopation
Lexicographical Neighbors of Syncopations
Literary usage of Syncopations
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Course of Counterpoint and Fugue by Luigi Cherubini (1841)
"BESIDES the rules given for syncopations in counterpoint for two and three parts,
which will also serve as a guide in the present species, there are other ..."
2. The Elements of Musical Composition and Thoroughbase: Together with Rules by Isaac Baker Woodbury (1845)
"Examples of suspensions in the minor mode. Thus I tfc LESSON XX. ANTICIPATIONS,
syncopations, AND PASSING NOTES. ..."
3. Popular Method of Sight-singing by Frank Damrosch (1894)
"Ь. Containing syncopations consisting oí three beats, 3 4 | 1. ... Containing
syncopations of four beats, 3 4 | 1 2 ; a true syncopation, for same reason as ..."
4. Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians by George Grove (1908)
"K (With syncopations). In this Order one part must be written in syncopated ...
The tied minims, now known as syncopations, were formerly called Ligatures. ..."
5. The Theory of Musical Composition: Treated with a View to a Naturally by Gottfried Weber, John Bishop (1851)
"47, A.) -< --1 -or These latter cases may be called unlike syncopations, while
the former may be termed like syncopations. The following and other similar ..."
6. A Treatise on Counterpoint & Fugue by Luigi Cherubini, Joseph Bennett (1884)
"Suppose, for instance, a succession of syncopations such as this:— First form.
Ex. 99. Leaving out the syncopations, this second form is the result. m ..."
7. A Course of Counterpoint and Fugue by Luigi Cherubini (1841)
"BESIDES the rules given for syncopations in counterpoint for two and three parts,
which will also serve as a guide in the present species, there are other ..."
8. The Elements of Musical Composition and Thoroughbase: Together with Rules by Isaac Baker Woodbury (1845)
"Examples of suspensions in the minor mode. Thus I tfc LESSON XX. ANTICIPATIONS,
syncopations, AND PASSING NOTES. ..."
9. Popular Method of Sight-singing by Frank Damrosch (1894)
"Ь. Containing syncopations consisting oí three beats, 3 4 | 1. ... Containing
syncopations of four beats, 3 4 | 1 2 ; a true syncopation, for same reason as ..."
10. Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians by George Grove (1908)
"K (With syncopations). In this Order one part must be written in syncopated ...
The tied minims, now known as syncopations, were formerly called Ligatures. ..."
11. The Theory of Musical Composition: Treated with a View to a Naturally by Gottfried Weber, John Bishop (1851)
"47, A.) -< --1 -or These latter cases may be called unlike syncopations, while
the former may be termed like syncopations. The following and other similar ..."
12. A Treatise on Counterpoint & Fugue by Luigi Cherubini, Joseph Bennett (1884)
"Suppose, for instance, a succession of syncopations such as this:— First form.
Ex. 99. Leaving out the syncopations, this second form is the result. m ..."
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