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Syncopation   Listen
noun
Syncopation  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.





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Words linked to "Syncopation" :   articulation, musical rhythm, beat, syncope


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