syncopation

/,siɳkə'peiʃn/
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Definition
  1. Noun:
    • A musical rhythm that accents normally weak beats: In music, syncopation is a rhythmic pattern created by placing emphasis on beats that are typically unstressed or off the main beat.
    • Music featuring such a rhythm: Syncopation can also refer to a piece of music, especially dance music, that has a syncopated rhythm.
    • The omission of sounds from within a word: In linguistics (phonology), syncopation is the loss of one or more sounds, especially vowels, from the interior of a word.
Usage Examples
  • Noun (Musical Rhythm):
    • The jazz piece is full of complex syncopation.
    • Dancers find the syncopation in this salsa track very exciting.
  • Noun (Linguistics):
    • The word "fo'c'sle" is a syncopation of "forecastle".
Advanced Usage
  • "To play with syncopation": To perform music using rhythmic syncopation.
    • The pianist loves to play with syncopation in the left hand.
  • "A syncopation of...": Used to describe the specific rhythmic pattern or the linguistic shortening.
    • The song features a syncopation of the typical 4/4 beat.
    • "E'en" is a poetic syncopation of "even".
Variants and Related Words
  • Syncopate (verb): To displace the beats or accents in music so that strong beats become weak and vice versa; to shorten a word by omitting internal sounds.
    • The composer chose to syncopate the melody.
  • Syncopated (adjective): Describing a rhythm or word that has been altered by syncopation.
    • We danced to a syncopated rhythm.
Synonyms
  • Offbeat (adj/n): Stressing the weak beats in a measure of music.
  • Contretemps (n, music): A syncopated step or movement in ballet.
  • Elision (n, linguistics): The omission of a sound or syllable in speech.
Related Phrases
  • Syncopated rhythm: The most common phrase, directly referring to the rhythmic effect.
    • Reggae is known for its distinctive syncopated rhythm.
  • Syncopated step: A dance step performed on an offbeat.
    • The choreography includes several syncopated steps.
Related Idioms

(Note: There are no common idioms centered solely on the word "syncopation." Its use is primarily technical in music and linguistics.)

Noun
  1. music (especially dance music) that has a syncopated rhythm
  2. a musical rhythm accenting a normally weak beat
  3. (phonology) the loss of sounds from within a word (as in `fo'c'sle' for `forecastle')

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