the normal rhythm or beat is shifted (a musical term); something that is happening in a slightly offbeat manner; counterpoint rhythm
Preston MacDougall
@chemicaleyeguy.mstdn.science.ap.brid.gy
Syncopation is often heard in jazz and other forms of #music.
Many #GRAMMYs have been awarded to musicians who use it effectively. But there is not a #GRAMMY Award for ‘Best Song Using Syncopation’.
If the National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences wants to inaugurate a GRAMMY award for […]
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jcrabapple
@jcrabapple.dmv.community.ap.brid.gy
Most Sleep Token songs are in 4/4, but they are experts at playing around with that and using syncopation and phrasing to get creative with it.
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The Open Access Blogs
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From NYC’s socialist mayor to Tanzania’s autocrat, from trillion-dollar CEOs to unpaid caregivers—November 2025 shows democracy and capitalism in syncopation: one gasping, the other gorging. The world still runs—but mostly on contradiction. https://open.substack.com/pub/openaccessblogs/p/the-currents-of-global-disorder-economic?r=56p6o5&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
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