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Syncopated vs Unsyncopated - What's the difference?

syncopated | unsyncopated |

As adjectives the difference between syncopated and unsyncopated

is that syncopated is of a word, shortened by syncope while unsyncopated is not syncopated.

As a verb syncopated

is past tense of syncopate.

syncopated

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (grammar) of a word, shortened by syncope
  • (music) of a rhythm, modified by syncopation

    • Verb

    (head)
  • (syncopate)

    • unsyncopated

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Not syncopated.
  • *{{quote-news, year=2007, date=January 6, author=Ben Ratliff, title=A Little Folk, a Little Rock and a Lot of Minimalism, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=And so a White Magic song is built on hardly anything: an unsyncopated vocal pattern, uncertain keyboard technique, shorthand lyrics (“who we are/how we live/all that has to do with innocence/has grown apart”) and very, very few piano notes. }}