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/sˈɪŋkəpˌeɪʃən/ Listen

Syncopation

noun

(phonology) the loss of sounds from within a word (as in 'fo'c'sle' for 'forecastle'). Synonym: syncope.

A musical rhythm accenting a normally weak beat.

Music (especially dance music) that has a syncopated rhythm.

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"Syncopation" Quotes from Famous Books

... not all the Arts escape, nor do any of them escape all the time. Music, whose sly and terrible vices were for centuries unperceived by the high priests, has been brought to earth in places. "Jazz Incites to Sin. Syncopation is Devil's Ally." Discovered! One reads the morning paper and feels a return of hope. The High Priests are aroused. They have disembowelled an ally. There is hope then of a bloody fray. Another Edition and they will be on our own heads, swinging their snickersnees. Mencken ...

— Nonsenseorship • G. G. Putnam

Words linked to "Syncopation" : phonemics, rhythm, beat, musical rhythm, articulation, syncopate, music, phonology