Jazz makes heavy use of syncopation.
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Syncopation
/ˌsɪŋ.kəˈpeɪ.ʃən/
Synonyms for "syncopation" (58 found)
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Noun(1 words)
accent displacement
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Noun(4 words)
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4 entriesaccent displacementbeat shiftconsonant deletionvowel deletion
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5 entriesjazz syncopationmusical syncopationrhythmic syncopationsyncopation patternsyncopation technique
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4 total sentences available.
This piece makes heavy use of syncopation.
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This piece makes heavy use of dissonance and syncopation.
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Syncopation is the union, or the perception of the union, of two or more rhythmic patterns.
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