syncopations
Stressed weak beats
Syncopations are rhythmic shifts that place emphasis on normally weak beats, creating the off-balance feel characteristic of jazz, ragtime, and funk.
The term extends from music to any pattern that disrupts expected regularity: The syncopations of her speech kept listeners alert.
In medicine, syncopations can mean episodes of fainting, from a different sense of syncope.
Pleasantly strange or unusual
- rhythmPatterned stress and silence
- jazzImprovisational American music genre
- ragtimeSyncopated piano genre
- swingSuspended recreational seat
accent · groove · beat · funk · polyrhythm · anticipation · displacement · pulse
Abnormal cardiac rhythm
- heartbeatRhythmic cardiac contraction
- palpitationIrregular heartbeat awareness
- flutterRapid light movement
- irregularDeviating from normal patterns
fainting · vasovagal · pulse · blackout · dizziness · episode · cardiac · skipped
Dropped sounds in speech
- contractionReduction in size
- omissionFailure to include
- shorteningReducing length or duration
- clippingPiece cut out
apostrophe · syllable · reduction · deletion · pronunciation · slurring · dialect · vernacular
offbeat
Pleasantly strange or unusual
- rhythmPatterned stress and silence
- jazzImprovisational American music genre
- ragtimeSyncopated piano genre
swing · accent · groove · beat · funk · polyrhythm · anticipation · displacement · pulse · backbeat
arrhythmia
Abnormal cardiac rhythm
- heartbeatRhythmic cardiac contraction
- palpitationIrregular heartbeat awareness
- flutterRapid light movement
irregular · fainting · vasovagal · pulse · blackout · dizziness · episode · cardiac · skipped · murmur
elision
Dropped sounds in speech
- contractionReduction in size
- omissionFailure to include
- shorteningReducing length or duration
clipping · apostrophe · syllable · reduction · deletion · pronunciation · slurring · dialect · vernacular · colloquial