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Counterpoint

Counterpoint Meaning & Definition
Counterpoint Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Counterpoint?

[n] a musical form involving the simultaneous sound of two or more melodies
[v] write in counterpoint
[v] to show differences when compared; be different; "the students contrast considerably in their artistic abilities"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Counterpoint: contrast

Related Terms | Find terms related to Counterpoint: accent | accentuation | Alexandrine | Ambrosian chant | 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

See Also | compose | concerted music | conflict | counterbalance | differ | foil | oppose | polyphonic music | polyphony | turn the scales | write

Counterpoint In Webster's Dictionary

\Coun"ter*point`\ (koun"t?r-point`), n. [Counter- + point.] An opposite point [Obs.] --Sir E. Sandys.
\Coun"ter*point`\, n. [F. contrepoint; cf. It. contrappunto. Cf. {Contrapuntal}.] (Mus.) (a) The setting of note against note in harmony; the adding of one or more parts to a given {canto fermo} or melody. (b) The art of polyphony, or composite melody, i. e., melody not single, but moving attended by one or more related melodies. (c) Music in parts; part writing; harmony; polyphonic music. See {Polyphony}. Counterpoint, an invention equivalent to a new creation of music. --Whewell.
\Coun"ter*point`\, n. [OF. contrepoincte, corruption of earlier counstepointe, countepointe, F. courtepointe, fr. L. culcita cushion, mattress (see {Quilt}, and cf. {Cushion}) + puncta, fem. p. p. of pungere to prick (see {Point}). The word properly meant a stitched quilt, with the colors broken one into another.] A coverlet; a cover for a bed, often stitched or broken into squares; a counterpane. See 1st {Counterpane}. Embroidered coverlets or counterpoints of purple silk. --Sir T. North.

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