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counterpoint

[ koun-ter-point ]

noun

  1. Music. the art of combining melodies.
  2. Music. the texture resulting from the combining of individual melodic lines.
  3. a melody composed to be combined with another melody.
  4. Also called coun路ter路point rhythm [koun, -ter-point ri, th, -, uh, m]. Prosody. syncopation ( def 2 ).
  5. any element that is juxtaposed and contrasted with another.


verb (used with object)

  1. to emphasize or clarify by contrast or juxtaposition.

counterpoint

/ 藞办补蕣苍迟蓹藢辫蓴瑟苍迟 /

noun

  1. the technique involving the simultaneous sounding of two or more parts or melodies
  2. a melody or part combined with another melody or part See also descant
  3. the musical texture resulting from the simultaneous sounding of two or more melodies or parts
  4. strict counterpoint
    the application of the rules of counterpoint as an academic exercise
  5. a contrasting or interacting element, theme, or item; foil
  6. prosody the use of a stress or stresses at variance with the regular metrical stress
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. tr to set in contrast
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

counterpoint

  1. The use of two or more melodies at the same time in a piece of music; it was an important part of baroque music. Certain composers, such as Johann Sebastian Bach , have been especially skillful at counterpoint.
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of counterpoint1

1400鈥50; late Middle English < Middle French contrepoint, translation of Medieval Latin ( cantus ) 肠辞苍迟谤腻辫奴苍肠迟耻蝉 literally, (song) pointed or pricked against, referring to notes of an accompaniment written over or under the notes of a plainsong. See counter-, point
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of counterpoint1

C15: from Old French contrepoint, from contre- counter- + point dot, note in musical notation, that is, an accompaniment set against the notes of a melody
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Burnett selected his film鈥檚 songs with care, curating a fittingly soulful counterpoint to his critical portrait of inequality 鈥 not just in L.A. but in the country as a whole.

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However, Juan Carlos Hallak, professor of international economics at the University of Buenos Aires, has a counterpoint.

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He leans slightly toward his longtime comedy partner, who provides a colorful counterpoint in a quilted zip-front jacket covered in a riot of paisley patterns.

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But Macdonald is after more than just a concert film, letting those musical interludes serve as counterpoint to a larger investigation into Lennon and Ono鈥檚 mindset at a moment of deep division within American society.

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