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- noun Plural form of
syncopation .
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Examples
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How, then, would they account for Beethoven's endless syncopations he even made use of "Charleston" rhythms in his Sonata Opus 111?
Anthology by Committee Stuart Isacoff 2011
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In the thick humid air of Louisiana, the rhythms of Africans mingled with Haitian, Creole, French New World songs, Indian syncopations and French chamber music to produce, "Jazz."
Rev. Otis Moss III: A Blue Note Gospel Rev. Otis Moss III 2011
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The pianist was first out of the gate, ripping syncopations from his keyboard that augured a percussive player.
Debra Levine: L.A.'s Freedom Jazz Movement Plays China's Henan Province Debra Levine 2011
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The pianist was first out of the gate, ripping syncopations from his keyboard that augured a percussive player.
Debra Levine: L.A.'s Freedom Jazz Movement Plays China's Henan Province Debra Levine 2011
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The pianist was first out of the gate, ripping syncopations from his keyboard that augured a percussive player.
Debra Levine: L.A.'s Freedom Jazz Movement Plays China's Henan Province Debra Levine 2011
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It's no coincidence this Czech ensemble drew such arresting character from Janacek's folk-tinged syncopations, and that same attention to Czech dance rhythms informed their reading of Dvorak's G-Major String Quartet, Op.
Music review: Talich Quartet articulates mellow radiance in Beethoven, Janacek Post 2010
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The pianist's DVD of Mozart's D-minor Concerto with the Vienna Philharmonic, for example, alternates moments of tender sentimentality with emphatic rhythmic syncopations that invest the music with a jazzy spirit.
Vienna's Classical Iconoclast Stuart Isacoff 2011
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She included one secular song, “Chain of Fools,” among gospel standards that unleashed all her vocal glories: tender insinuations and ringing exhortations, jazzy syncopations and hymnlike sustained lines, spiraling upward swoops and plunges into her low register, notes that rasped and notes that pealed.
Honoring Dr. King with Aretha Franklin and Wynton Marsalis - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com 2009
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No breaks for acapella freestyles, no soliloquies, no exhortations for crowd response, just breath control powering a metronome flow that kept time against the staccato syncopations of his massive sounding music.
In concert: Black Milk at U Street Music Hall Rhome Anderson 2011
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The pianist was first out of the gate, ripping syncopations from his keyboard that augured a percussive player.
Debra Levine: L.A.'s Freedom Jazz Movement Plays China's Henan Province Debra Levine 2011
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