The art of adding one or more melodies as accompaniment to a given melody or ‘plain-song’ according to certain fixed rules; the style of composition…
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释义 | society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > harmony or sounds in combination > [noun] > counterpoint (10) counterpoint1597 The art of adding one or more melodies as accompaniment to a given melody or ‘plain-song’ according to certain fixed rules; the style of composition… contrapunct1694 Variant of counterpoint, n.1 (Music). polyphony1790 Music. Harmony; esp. the simultaneous and harmonious combination of a number of individual melodic lines; the style of composition in which melodic… polyphonism1864 Music. The use of polyphony; polyphonic style or composition; an instance of this. rare. triple counterpoint1869 three-part counterpoint in which the parts may be interchanged without breaking the rules. polyphone1875 = polyphony, n. 1a. Obsolete. Subcategories:— descant (1) — faux-bourdon (3) |
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