Syncopation vs Jazz - What's the difference?
syncopation | jazz |
(music) The quality of a rhythm being somehow unexpected, in that it deviates from the strict succession of regularly spaced strong and weak beats in a meter
(phonology) The loss of sounds in the middle of a word.
(music) A musical art form rooted in West African cultural and musical expression and in the African American blues tradition, with diverse influences over time, commonly characterized by blue notes, syncopation, swing, call and response, polyrhythms and improvisation.
Energy, excitement, excitability. Very lively.
The (in)tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a thing.
Unspecified thing(s).
(lb) Of excellent quality, the genuine article.
Nonsense.
To play jazz music.
To dance to the tunes of jazz music.
To enliven, brighten up, make more colourful or exciting; excite
To complicate.
To have sex with.
* 1931 , William Faulkner, Sanctuary , Vintage 1993, page 59:
To destroy.
To distract/pester.
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In context|music|lang=en terms the difference between syncopation and jazz
is that syncopation is (music) the quality of a rhythm being somehow unexpected, in that it deviates from the strict succession of regularly spaced strong and weak beats in a meter while jazz is (music) a musical art form rooted in west african cultural and musical expression and in the african american blues tradition, with diverse influences over time, commonly characterized by blue notes, syncopation, swing, call and response, polyrhythms and improvisation.As nouns the difference between syncopation and jazz
is that syncopation is (music) the quality of a rhythm being somehow unexpected, in that it deviates from the strict succession of regularly spaced strong and weak beats in a meter while jazz is (music) a musical art form rooted in west african cultural and musical expression and in the african american blues tradition, with diverse influences over time, commonly characterized by blue notes, syncopation, swing, call and response, polyrhythms and improvisation.As a verb jazz is
to play jazz music.syncopation
English
Noun
(en-noun)Derived terms
* syncopational * syncopationallyjazz
English
Alternative forms
* jaz, jas, jass, jaszNoun
(-)- What jazz were you referring to earlier?
- What is all this jazz lying around?
- I'm just going down to the shops and jazz = I am off to purchase items and etcetera.
- That show was the jazz ! = That musical concert/television program was most enjoyable.
- This risotto is simply the jazz . = This risotto was cooked in the classic manner.
- Stop talking jazz .
Verb
- Don’t jazz it too much! = Be careful, it was good to start with!
- ‘Jazzing ?’ Temple whispered [...]. ‘Yes, putty-face!’ the woman said. ‘How do you suppose I paid that lawyer?’
- You’ve gone and jazzed it now! = It is ruined.
- Stop jazzing me! = Leave me alone.
