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counterpoint Definition:
- In music, counterpoint is the relationship between voices that are harmonically interdependent yet independent in rhythm and contour. It has been most commonly identified in the European classical tradition, strongly developing during the Renaissance and in much of the common practice period, especially in the Baroque. The term originates from the Latin punctus contra punctum meaning "point against point".
| Counterpoint (n.) An opposite point |
| Counterpoint (n.) The setting of note against note in harmony |
| Counterpoint (n.) The art of polyphony, or composite melody, i. e., melody not single, but moving attended by one or more related melodies. |
| Counterpoint (n.) Music in parts |
| Counterpoint (n.) A coverlet |
| counterpoint a musical form involving the simultaneous sound of two or more melodies |
| counterpoint write in counterpoint, "Bach perfected the art of counterpointing" |
| contrast / counterpoint to show differences when compared, be different, "the students contrast considerably in their artistic abilities" |
counterpoint Synonyme:
| counterpoint Alexandrine Ambrosian chant accent accentuation amphibrach amphimacer anacrusis anapest antipode antipodes antipole antispast antithesis antonym arsis bacchius beat cadence caesura catalexis chloriamb chloriambus colon contra contrapunto converse counter counterbalance countercheck counterpoise counterpole counterterm cretic dactyl dactylic hexameter diaeresis dimeter dipody dochmiac elegiac elegiac couplet elegiac pentameter emphasis epitrite false music faux-bourdon feminine caesura foil foot heptameter heptapody heroic couplet hexameter hexapody iamb iambic iambic pentameter ictus inverse ionic jingle lilt masculine caesura measure meter metrical accent metrical foot metrical group metrical unit metron molossus mora movement musica ficta numbers obverse offset opposite opposite number paeon pentameter pentapody period polyphonism polyphony proceleusmatic pyrrhic quantity reverse rhythm setoff spondee sprung rhythm stress swing syzygy tetrameter tetrapody tetraseme the contrary the other side thesis tribrach trimeter tripody triseme trochee vis-a-vis |