syncopate

Example Sentences

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Mr. Smith’s syncopated keyboard style reflected the influence of his early idol, Professor Longhair, who combined boogie-woogie with habanera and rumba rhythms.

From Washington Post

“I took my index finger and ‘dum-dum-dum,’” she said, jabbing an imaginary keyboard and singing some syncopated low notes.

From New York Times

The most successful sequences are the ones that find new ways of illustrating the meaning of a poem besides lingering on the face of the performer uttering purposefully syncopated and painstakingly intonated lines.

From New York Times

They’re usually built on plucked, syncopated patterns from her guitar or ukulele, threaded through with melodies that she sings barely above a whisper, often confiding her vulnerabilities.

From New York Times

In another city, a musician spent hours teaching Mr. Deppenschmidt the subtle, syncopated two-beat rhythm of the bossa nova, in which the drummer typically uses a brush in one hand, a stick in the other.

From Washington Post