Example Sentences

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Never mind his unsyncopated dogs; the man’s eyebrows executed all the fancy movement he needed.

From Salon • Nov. 4, 2025

There’s an exciting track on “Revisionist” called “You Thy __.” It begins with unsyncopated blast-beats and moves into an ecstatic groove halfway through; a couple more guitar tracks pile in; the surge begins.

From New York Times • Mar. 2, 2015

There's certainly little that Wynton Marsalis would recognise as jazz here – there are no swing rhythms at all for starters, with most of the songs using either straight, unsyncopated rock beats or gentle calypsos.

From The Guardian • Nov. 14, 2012

Ragtime47 , for example, would hardly be ragtime without the jaunty syncopations in the melody set against the steady unsyncopated bass.

From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones