syncopate

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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

Across the new album, you let melodies breathe in a way we don’t hear in more mechanically syncopated Joplin performances.

From New York Times

The big ensembles, performed at a lively clip, reveal syncopated rhythms that often get lost in productions by other companies.

From New York Times

A minute-long instrumental intro sticks to syncopated bass and dub-echoed drums, in a 10-bar pattern that threatens to trip up unwary dancers as it seems to switch between 4/4 and waltz.

From New York Times

And in the years that followed he helped them explore the wonderfully syncopated African polyrhythms that became increasingly prevalent on the group’s next three LPs, which he produced.

From New York Times