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Syncopation n.

(Gram.) The act of syncopating; the contraction of a word by taking one or more letters or syllables from the middle; syncope.

(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.

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Etymology of 'Syncopation'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Syncopation" Quotes from Famous Books

... is the same as the second, except that the last note of the measure is tied to the first note of the next, forming a syncopation. As in the second species, the first note of the counterpoint should form a unison, octave or fifth, and when the counterpoint begins on the second half it may ...

— A Treatise on Simple Counterpoint in Forty Lessons • Friedrich J. Lehmann

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