Crossword-Solution: SYNCOPATION
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Syncopation | n. | The act of syncopating; the contraction of a word by taking one or more letters or syllables from the middle; syncope. |
| Syncopation | n. | 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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| Feature of many jazz melodies | 1 answer |
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Sentences with SYNCOPATION (5)
Some kept time with little jerks of the shoulder--the little hitching movement of the dancer whose blood is filled with the fever of syncopation.
They are chromatic, as see this:-- [Musical excerpt] and this (which is the melody which in a broadened form becomes that of Walther's prize song):-- [Musical excerpt] and this, which is peculiarly the symbol of youthful ardor:-- [Musical excerpt] Their rhythms are less regular and more eager (note the influence of syncopation upon them); they are harmonized with greater warmth and infused with greater passion.
But the music went straight to Buddy's feet; syncopation intoxicated him much as the throbbing of midnight drums and the pounding of tom-toms mesmerizes a voodoo worshiper, and he whirled Miss Montague away in his arms without so much as an apology to his other guest.
The voluptuous chords of the wedding march done in blasphemous syncopation issued in a delirious blend from the trombones and saxophones--and the march began.
Already there have been indications of a characteristic accompanying rhythmic figure consisting of one note repeated in triplets, and now as the lovers sink on a bank of flowers in half-conscious embrace, its nervous character is enhanced by a complex syncopation.
Quotes with SYNCOPATION (2)
Jazz is the assassination, the murdering, the slaying of syncopation. I would even go so far as to confess that we are musical anarchists.
All life is a rhythm,” she said as I sat up. “All death is a rhythm suspended, a syncopation before liferesumes.
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Appears in: Boston Globe.
Used 1 time in crossword archives (2011).