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Keywords: melodic, polyphony, melody, fugue, harmony

The setting of note against note in harmony; the adding of one or more parts to a given canto fermo or melody

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The art of polyphony, or composite melody, i. e., melody not single, but moving attended by one or more related melodies.

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Music in parts; part writing; harmony; polyphonic music. See Polyphony.

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from the Latin "punctus contra punctum" (point against point), denotes the compositional practices that are invoked when one writes simultaneously sounding melodies.

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combining two or more melodies; repeating the melody in different voices is a canon, while imitating them at related pitches is a fugue.

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The manner in which two or more melodic lines are combined and juxtaposed to produce pleasing and technically correct intermingling. A Bach fugue is the essence of high counterpoint; so, too, is the repertoire of Renaissance vocal polyphony. But all good composition requires a sense of counterpoint: a good, pleasing fit between the various lines or voices.

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two or more lines of a melody played at the same time.

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Combining two or more independent lines harmoniously. (The adjective is 'Contrapunta').

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The technique of setting a melody or melodies in conjunction with another. Counterpoint melodies are composed according to set rules.

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the technique of combining melodic lines to create a polyphonic texture

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the combination of two or more melodic lines, in which the horizontal motion of one part may be perceived and differentiated from the simultaneous horizontal motion of another, at the same time. Counterpoint has been a characteristic of Western music that has differentiated it from other cultures for about nine centuries. Counterpoint has often been distinguished from "harmony," which refers to the vertical aspect of music whereby combinations of pitches are sounded simultaneously.

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a musical form involving the simultaneous sound of two or more melodies

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The act of playing several melodic lines at once

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Two independent melodies played simultaneously.

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two, three four or more melodic lines played at the same time

madisonsymphony.org

the combination of one voice added to another to make a musical work

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Two or more melodies heard, played, or sung simultaneously as an integral part of the composition.

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The combination of two or more melodic lines played against one another. A horizontal structure built upon competing melodic lines, rather than a chordal setting.

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The compositional art of combining two or more simultaneous melodic lines. A polyphonic texture.

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The art of combining two or more musical lines that are to be played or sung simultaneously. These lines may be said to be "in counterpoint" with each other. The term is in some ways synonymous with polyphony, although counterpoint is most commonly used for Baroque music; polyphony for music from the Medieval and Renaissance periods. The rules of counterpoint were codified from the music of Palestrina by J.J. Fux in his 1725 treatise, Gradus ad Parnassum ( Steps to Parnassus).

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music consisting of two or melodic lines played simultaneously

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The putting together of two or more independent musical lines; when the same musical tune is repeated several times, in different vocal ranges, the result can be a fugue or a round.

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the combination of two or more independent melodies into a single harmonic texture. Usually both melodies retain their distinctiveness.

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the compositional art of combining two or more simultaneous melodic lines; term means "point against point" or "note against note."

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Line written against the cantus firmus in voice leading.

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A term that describes the combination of simultaneously sounding musical lines.

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A favorite device of many Baroque composers, all of whom are dead, though no direct connection between these two facts has been established. Still taught in many schools, as a form of punishment.

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the putting together of two, three, four or even more independent musical lines.

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The art of combining two or more melodic lines harmoniously.

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(kaun´-ter-point). The technique or study of combining melodic lines to make polyphony.

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The art of comprehensibly combining two or more independent musical lines simultaneously. The many different methods of counterpoint include imitation, canon, and fugue.

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The technique of combining single melodic lines or parts of equal importance.

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In music, counterpoint is the relationship between two or more voices that are independent in countour and rhythm, and interdependent in harmony. It has most commonly been identified in Western music, developing strongly in the Renaissance, and also dominant in much of the common practice period, especially in Baroque music. The term comes from the Latin punctus contra punctum ("note against note").

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Counterpoint (Kontrapunkt in the original German) is the second volume of Heinrich Schenker's New Musical Theories and Fantasies (the first is Harmony and the third is Free Composition). It is divided into two "Books", the first published in 1910, and the second in 1922.

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Counterpoint is a BBC Radio 4 music quiz hosted by Ned Sherrin. It was first broadcast in 1986 and the latest series was broadcast from 6 March to 29 May 2006.

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Keywords: racehorse, yearling, sired, thoroughbred, fleet

Counterpoint (1948-1969) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse. Sired by 1943 U.S. Triple Crown champion Count Fleet, as a yearling he injured an ankle bone severely enough that his racing future was put in doubt.

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Keywords: trek, voyager, tenth, episode, fifth

"Counterpoint" is an episode of Star Trek: Voyager, the tenth episode of the fifth season.

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Keywords: counterpane, coverlet, stitched, broken, bed

A coverlet; a cover for a bed, often stitched or broken into squares; a counterpane. See 1st Counterpane.

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Keywords: indenture, see

See Indenture

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Keywords: bach, perfected, write, art

write in counterpoint; "Bach perfected the art of counterpointing"