In music, a countersubject is a melodic or thematic idea which is played against a primary subject of a fugue, ricercar, invention, sinfonia, or other contrapuntal piece of music. It's the secondary melody in contrapuntal music
1. fugue - dissociative disorder in which a person forgets who they are and leaves home to creates a new life; during the fugue there is no memory of the ...
2. fugue - a dreamlike state of altered consciousness that may last for hours or days
3. fugue - a musical form consisting of a theme repeated a fifth above or a fourth below its first statement
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Savvy commented on the word countersubject
In music, a countersubject is a melodic or thematic idea which is played against a primary subject of a fugue, ricercar, invention, sinfonia, or other contrapuntal piece of music. It's the secondary melody in contrapuntal music
September 27, 2009
Savvy commented on the word fugues
1. fugue - dissociative disorder in which a person forgets who they are and leaves home to creates a new life; during the fugue there is no memory of the ...
2. fugue - a dreamlike state of altered consciousness that may last for hours or days
3. fugue - a musical form consisting of a theme repeated a fifth above or a fourth below its first statement
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September 27, 2009