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Imitation

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Theory

Imitation is common in polyphonic writing and helps create coherence between voices. In classical guitar arrangements, imitat…

Reverse motion

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imitation in contrary motion, that is, the ascending intervals are changed to descending intervals and the descending interva…

Serialism

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A compositional method where various musical elements such as pitch, rhythm, dynamics and tone colour may be put in a fixed o…

Attacco

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short motif used in imitation or as a fugal subject

Continuous imitation

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Renaissance polyphonic style where subjects move between the lines or voices, often overlapping one another

Double counterpoint

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a method of counterpoint in which a second melody is added to an existing melody

Equal temperament

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the modern method of tuning where the interval of an octave is exact and the interval between each successive semitone is equ…

Metric modulation

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the method of changing tempos precisely by making some note value in the first tempo equal to a different note value in the s…