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Counterpoint

In music theory, counterpoint is the relationship of two or more simultaneous musical lines (also called voices) that are harmonically dependent on each other, yet independent in rhythm and melodic contour. The term originates from the Latin punctus contra punctum meaning "point against point", i.e. "note against note". Counterpoint has been most…

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Development

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Species counterpoint

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Free counterpoint

Linear counterpoint

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Counterpoint

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Triples188
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.017391
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related to Further reading · 50
Counterpoint → Agustín-Aquino, Alfred, Analysis, Augener, Boston, Cambridge, Cambridge Studies, Cambridge University Press, Cham, Co, Computational Counterpoint Worlds, Ebenezer, Ernst, Experiments, Foundations, Free, Gradus, Guerino, Ian Bent, In Ernst Kurth
related to External links · 26
Counterpoint → Alan BelkinCounterpoint Bot, American Experimental Music, An, Archived, Bach, Benjamin Skepper, Contrapuntist, Cornell University, Dan Brown, David Nicholls, Dissonant, Experimental Music, Jeffrey Evans, Nicholas, Northern California, On Dissonant Counterpoint, Orima, Principles, Seeger, Software
related to References · 21
Counterpoint → Carl, City University, Composition, Dahlhaus, Felix, In Stanley Sadie, ISBN, John Tyrrell, Klaus-Jürgen, London, Macmillan Publishers, Music, Musicians, New York, Salzer, Schachter, Sources Sachs, Stanley Persky, The New Grove Dictionary, The Study
related to Species counterpoint · 18
Counterpoint → Brescia, Giovanni Maria Lanfranco, Gradus, In, Johann Joseph Fux, Latin, Le, Lodovico Zacconi, Parnassum, Parnassus, Prattica, Scintille, Species, Steps, The, Venetian, Zacconi, Zarlino
related to Examples from the repertoire · 13
Counterpoint → Book II, For, Frère Jacques, Fugue, Johann Sebastian Bach, Life, Mars, My Way, Subject, The, There, Three Blind Mice, Well-Tempered Clavier
related to General principles · 12
Counterpoint → Another, English-speaking, Guerino Mazzola, In, Inspired, Mazzola's, Octavio Agustin, Sergei Taneyev, Spinoza, Taneyev, The, Work
related to Free counterpoint · 9
Counterpoint → Baroque, Beethoven, Broadly, Kent Kennan, Mozart, Nonetheless, Schumann, This, Young
related to Contrapuntal derivations · 6
Counterpoint → European, Imitative, In, Renaissance, Since, The
related to Dissonant counterpoint · 5
Counterpoint → Charles Seeger, Dissonant, First, He, Other
related to Fourth species · 5
Counterpoint → An, As, In, The, While

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species two example interval parts note melodic first one notes dissonance must dissonant three second fifth part motion fourth also

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Counterpointis arelationship of two or more simultaneous musical lines0.90text
motetsinstance ofwhich also frequently appears in choral works0.80text
madrigalsinstance ofwhich also frequently appears in choral works0.80text
Counterpointrelated to Contrapuntal derivationsSince0.60section
Counterpointrelated to Contrapuntal derivationsRenaissance0.60section
Counterpointrelated to Contrapuntal derivationsEuropean0.60section
Counterpointrelated to Contrapuntal derivationsIn0.60section
Counterpointrelated to Contrapuntal derivationsThe0.60section
Counterpointrelated to Contrapuntal derivationsImitative0.60section
Counterpointrelated to DevelopmentSome0.60section
Counterpointrelated to DevelopmentAll0.60section
Counterpointrelated to Dissonant counterpointDissonant0.60section

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