counterpoint in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

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counterpoint [Am ˈkaʊn(t)ərˌpɔɪnt, Brit ˈkaʊntəpɔɪnt] N U or C MUS

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The transitional material is notable for its use of counterpoint.
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The other parts play more complex lines, often in imitative counterpoint.
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In this decade he solidified his status as a leading musical theorist and also published treatises and textbooks on counterpoint and musical form.
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Instead, the squat structure offered an optical counterpoint to the massive east part of the building.
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Since the 17th century, the term "fugue" has described what is commonly regarded as the most fully developed procedure of imitative counterpoint.
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As before, fourth species counterpoint is called "expanded" when the added-part notes vary in length among themselves.
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In imitative counterpoint, two or more voices enter at different times, and (especially when entering) each voice repeats some version of the same melodic element.
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However, their songs, while snappy and possessing humorous two-part harmonies in counterpoint, are repetitive, usually contain nothing but nonsense lyrics, and impart no information whatsoever.
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Chords are the simultaneous soundings of notes; whereas harmonic, vertical features are considered secondary and almost incidental when counterpoint is the predominant textural element.
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Its meaning comes only in counterpoint with its surroundings, with life and with light.
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