Syncopation occurs as in masculine and neuter a-stems.
Of coursesyncopation alone does not explain the rhythm of this line.
Now this process of coördination involves two activities, syncopation and substitution.
In verse also syncopation frequently occurs, though it is seldom recognized except as an 'irregularity.
Another familiar example of syncopation is the negro dance, in which the "dancer taps with his feet just half-way between the hand-claps of those who are accompanying his performance.
Thus it happens sometimes that in a 5-stress line there are actually only four or three stresses: the rhythmic result being a syncopationof four or three against five.
In Milton's ear, however, and in ours if we do not resist, there is a subtle syncopation of four beats against five.
And of course the commonest example is the strongly marked syncopation of ragtime.
In verse, coincidence preponderates; in prose, syncopation (and substitution).
Syncopation is none other thyng but abreviation of length, and prolixite choses.
In all these cases we must of course recognize only slurring, not syncopation of the vowel; and in general these words are used with their full syllabic value in the rhythm of a verse.
Nevertheless many examples of syncopation are found, chiefly in the writings of the Early Modern English poets: e.
But already in the earlier portion of this epoch of the language slurring or syncopation is often to be met with, and it became gradually more and more frequent.
Otherwise syncopation or slurring over of the last syllable is the rule in these words: a sómeres dáy Chauc.
As several of these examples show, slurring occasionally takes place, so that the ending forms part of a disyllabic thesis, but real syncopation never occurs; cf.
A subdued accentuation is got by the syncopation of the bass, and the yearning tenderness of the ending finishes an exquisite song.
The opening movement begins with a sotto voce syncopation that is very presentative of the curious audible silence of a forest.
In the romanza, syncopation and imitation are much relied on, though the general atmosphere is that of a nocturne, a trio of dance-like manner breaking in.
Music} These exercises in syncopationare perhaps some of the most difficult in the method, as they demand an extraordinary control of inhibition.
In the already-quoted 'Koromanti song,' we may observe the curious temporary change of rhythm in the second air, and the characteristic measure which prevails throughout the third air with its syncopation and almost baffling changes.
The effect of this peculiarity in their singing is, that there is commonly a feeling of syncopation about it.
