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In music theory, counterpoint is the relationship of two or more simultaneous musical lines (also called voices) that are harmonically interdependent yet independent in rhythm and melodic contour. [1] The term originates from the Latin punctus contra punctum meaning "point against point", i.e. "note against note".
Point Counter Point is a novel by Aldous Huxley, first published in 1928. [1] It is Huxley's longest novel, and was notably more complex and serious than his earlier fiction. [1] In 1998, [2] the Modern Library ranked Point Counter Point 44th on its list of the 100 best English-language novels of the 20th century. [3]
"Point/Counterpoint", a parody of the 60 Minutes segment on Saturday Night Live ' s Weekend Update Point Counter Point , a 1928 novel by Aldous Huxley "Point/Counterpoint", a song by Streetlight Manifesto from the album Everything Goes Numb
The principles of strict counterpoint constitute one of the fundamental components of Schenker's musical theory (see Schenkerian analysis).For Schenker, the study of counterpoint is the study of voice leading; in particular, contrapuntal theory is separate from and independent of harmonic theory, which is concerned with scale-steps (see Harmony).
The point of imitation, "marks the beginning of a series of imitative entries in a contrapuntal composition." [5] In counterpoint, imitation occurs in a second voice, usually at a different pitch. A short phrase treated imitatively is called an attacco.
Cambiata, or nota cambiata (Italian for changed note), has a number of different and related meanings in music.Generally it refers to a pattern in a homophonic or polyphonic (and usually contrapuntal) setting of a melody where a note is skipped from (typically by an interval of a third) in one direction (either going up or down in pitch) followed by the note skipped to, and then by motion in ...
In music, a canon is a contrapuntal (counterpoint-based) compositional technique that employs a melody with one or more imitations of the melody played after a given duration (e.g., quarter rest, one measure, etc.).
Shana Alexander (October 6, 1925 – June 23, 2005) was an American journalist.Although she became the first woman staff writer and columnist for Life magazine, she was best known for her participation in the "Point-Counterpoint" debate segments of 60 Minutes in the late 1970s with conservative James J. Kilpatrick.