Counterpoint
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| - | In music, the term '[[Baroque]]' applies to the final period of dominance of imitative [[counterpoint]], where different voices and instruments echo each other but at different pitches, sometimes inverting the echo, and even reversing thematic material. | + | |
| + | # a [[melody]] [[added]] to an existing one, especially one added to provide [[harmony]] whilst each retains its [[simultaneous]] [[identity]]; a [[composition]] consisting of such [[contrapuntal]] melodies | ||
| + | # any similar [[contrasting]] element in a [[work of art]] | ||
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| + | ====Synonyms==== | ||
| + | * [[contrapuntal]] music | ||
| + | * [[polyphony]] | ||
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- a melody added to an existing one, especially one added to provide harmony whilst each retains its simultaneous identity; a composition consisting of such contrapuntal melodies
- any similar contrasting element in a work of art
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- contrapuntal music
- polyphony
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