a rhythm emphasising offbeats.
Syncopation is the varying of the position of note stress so as to avoid regular rhythm.
Accent on an unexpected beat.
The displacement of beats or accents in a musical passage so that the strong beats become weak and vice versa.
a temporary displacement of the regular accent in music by stressing the weak beat. echnique a method of accomplishing a desired aim.
accents which go against the steady beat
in measured music, an effect of rhythmic displacement in which the weaker beats are articulated and the stronger beats are not articulated.
a musical rhythm accenting a normally weak beat
music (especially dance music) that has a syncopated rhythm
Syncopation is the alteration of the natural accent by shifting the accent to a weaker beat.
(dance, music) a shifting of the accent or emphasis from the beginning of a beat or group of beats.
A momentary contradiction of regular meter. Syncopation has been described as "putting the accent on a note that isn't there." Jazz is a highly syncopated musical style.
the process of displacing 'expected' beats by anticipation or delay of one-half a beat. The natural melodic accent which would fall, in 'square' music, on the beat, is thus heard on the off-beat. This adds a flavor of ambiguity as to where the beat is (not an actual ambiguity, only a flavor).
a temporary shifting of the accent in music so that the stress falls between the strong beats
a displacement of accent on to a beat that is normally unaccented
An arrangement of rhythm that places emphasis on weak beats or weak parts of beats.
musical accent on a weak beat
A shifting of the regular musical accent to notes which are on the weak beat. The effect of using short notes, ties, or rests to misplace the natural accents.
a rhythmic device whereby an accent occurs in some place other than the strong beat (or strong portion of the beat), or where the strong beat (or strong portion of the beat) is de-emphasized through the use of suspension across the strong beat (or strong portion of the beat). An example of a suspension is shown in the score at right.
Although syncopation can be given a Euro-centric slant because many cultural rhythms naturally emphasize other beats, polyrhythms are not consistent with cultural diversity; different rhythms are consistent with cultural diversity. Syncopation does not simply refer to accents on different beats (Euro-centric rhythms accentuate beats one and three in 4/4 time and Afro-centric rhythms accentuate beats two and four in 4/4 time) but refers to the interruption of what is considered the dominant pulse or beat of a piece of music. Accordingly, syncopation can be applied to any constant rhythm regardless of culture. The performance of syncopation can include temporary shifts in meter, accenting weak beats over strong beats, accentuating a different beat in each measure, making a weak beat into a strong beat, contextual note values, articulation of notes and even melodic and harmonic contours or contrasts.
Deliberate upsetting of the meter or pulse through a temporary shifting of the accent to a weak beat or an offbeat. Example: Joplin, "The Entertainer" Real Audio: 28k | 56k | About this album This example features a syncopated rhythm in the melody, with a steady pulse in the accompaniment.
music that emphasizes the up beat.
An alteration of the expected rhythmic emphases: for example, accenting a weak (instead of a strong) beat, or replacing strong beats with a rest (silence). Syncopations disturb the regular, predictable pattern of strong and weak beats. (See meter.)
The accenting of a normally weak beat or weak part of a beat; the accenting of "upbeats;" placement of accents in unexpected places; placement of notes between the steady beats.
a play on rhythmic and metrical expectations such as giving a silence where a stressed note is expected or stressing a normally weak beat. Used extensively in the fourteenth century.
In an ensemble, the shifting of the regular musical accent to the weak beat.
the accenting of a beat that is not normally stressed: (1 2 3/ 1 2 3/ 1 2 3/ ) or the part of a beat that is not normally stressed.
A distinctive rhythmic effect produced by a class of violations of temporal expectation. Specifically, where an event coinciding with a relatively weak metrical moment fails to be followed by an event on an ensuing stronger metrical moment. See also agogic syncopation, dynamic syncopation, harmonic syncopation, onset syncopation and tonal syncopation.
A shift of accent in a normally unaccented beat
In dancing, the term has two meanings: The first one is similar to the musical terminology. The second one is making more (and/or different) steps than required by the standard description of a figure, to address more rhythmical nuances of the music. The latter usage is considered incorrect by many dance instructors, but it is still in circulation, a better term lacking.
The family of tricks that mess up with the rhythm of one juggler (or both). These are the doubles (early or late), triples, ... and some less popular one (solo siteswaps, forced passes...).
A rhythm in which normally unaccented beats are stressed either through agogic or dynamic rhythm.
Deliberate upsetting of the meter or pulse through a temporary shifting of the accent to a weak beat or an offbeat. This example features a syncopated rhythm in the melody, with a steady pulse in the accompaniment. Example: Joplin, The Entertainer Real Audio: 28K | 56K | About this album
The placement of rhythmic accents on weak beats or weak portions of beats.
A momentary contradiction of the prevailing meter or pulse.
In music, syncopation is the stressing of a normally unstressed beat in a bar or the failure to sound a tone on an accented beat.