Syncopation

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Syncopation \Syn`co*pa"tion\, n.
     1. (Gram.) The act of syncopating; the contraction of a word
        by taking one or more letters or syllables from the
        middle; syncope.
        [1913 Webster]
  


     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.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  syncopation
       n 1: (phonology) the loss of sounds in the interior of a word (as
            in `fo'c'sle' for `forecastle') [syn: {syncope}]
       2: a musical rhythm accenting a normally weak beat
       3: music (especially dance music) that has a syncopated rhythm

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  48 Moby Thesaurus words for "syncopation":
     acid rock, andante tempo, avant-garde jazz, ballroom music, beat,
     bebop, boogie-woogie, bop, compound time, country rock,
     dance music, dances, duple time, folk rock, hard rock, hot jazz,
     jazz, jive, largo, mainstream jazz, march tempo, mixed times,
     musical suite, presto, rag, ragtime, rhythm-and-blues, rock,
     rock-and-roll, rubato, sextuple time, simple time, suite,
     suite of dances, swing, syncopated music, syncope, tempo,
     tempo rubato, the new music, three-quarter time, time,
     time pattern, timing, triple time, triplet, two-four time,
     waltz time