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counterpoint
[ koun-ter-point ]
noun
- Music. the art of combining melodies.
- Music. the texture resulting from the combining of individual melodic lines.
- a melody composed to be combined with another melody.
- Also called coun路ter路point rhythm [koun, -ter-point ri, th, -, uh, m]. Prosody. syncopation ( def 2 ).
- any element that is juxtaposed and contrasted with another.
verb (used with object)
- to emphasize or clarify by contrast or juxtaposition.
counterpoint
/ 藞办补蕣苍迟蓹藢辫蓴瑟苍迟 /
noun
- the technique involving the simultaneous sounding of two or more parts or melodies
- a melody or part combined with another melody or part See also descant
- the musical texture resulting from the simultaneous sounding of two or more melodies or parts
- strict counterpointthe application of the rules of counterpoint as an academic exercise
- a contrasting or interacting element, theme, or item; foil
- prosody the use of a stress or stresses at variance with the regular metrical stress
verb
- tr to set in contrast
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of counterpoint1
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of counterpoint1
Example Sentences
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.
However, Juan Carlos Hallak, professor of international economics at the University of Buenos Aires, has a counterpoint.
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.
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.
As a counterpoint, when Paul makes the same boast to the hiring manager at the local tannery, she circles 鈥渦nskilled labor.鈥
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