counterpoint

[Coun·ter*point`]

To counterpoint is to contrast. If you point out that you should have class outside, someone might counterpoint by reminding you that it’s raining. In music, counterpoint is when two separate melodies are played or sung at the same time.

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An opposite point

Noun
a musical form involving the simultaneous sound of two or more melodies

Verb
write in counterpoint; "Bach perfected the art of counterpointing"

Verb
to show differences when compared; be different; "the students contrast considerably in their artistic abilities"

n.
An opposite point

n.
The setting of note against note in harmony; the adding of one or more parts to a given canto fermo or melody

n.
The art of polyphony, or composite melody, i. e., melody not single, but moving attended by one or more related melodies.

n.
Music in parts; part writing; harmony; polyphonic music. See Polyphony.

n.
A coverlet; a cover for a bed, often stitched or broken into squares; a counterpane. See 1st Counterpane.

Counterpoint

Coun"ter*point` (koun"t?r-point`), n. [Counter- + point.] An opposite point [Obs.] Sir E. Sandys.

Counterpoint

Coun"ter*point`, n. [F. contrepoint; cf. It. contrappunto. Cf. Contrapuntal.] (Mus.) (a) The setting of note against note in harmony; the adding of one or more parts to a given canto fermo or melody. (b) The art of polyphony, or composite melody, i. e., melody not single, but moving attended by one or more related melodies. (c) Music in parts; part writing; harmony; polyphonic music. See Polyphony.

Counterpoint, an invention equivalent to a new creation of music.

Counterpoint

Coun"ter*point`, n. [OF. contrepoincte, corruption of earlier counstepointe, countepointe, F. courtepointe, fr. L. culcita cushion, mattress (see Quilt, and cf. Cushion) + puncta, fem. p. p. of pungere to prick (see Point). The word properly meant a stitched quilt, with the colors broken one into another.] A coverlet; a cover for a bed, often stitched or broken into squares; a counterpane. See 1st Counterpane.

Embroidered coverlets or counterpoints of purple silk.

An opposite point

The setting of note against note in harmony; the adding of one or more parts to a given canto fermo or melody

A coverlet; a cover for a bed, often stitched or broken into squares; a counterpane. See 1st Counterpane.

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Usage Examples

There's a sadness to the human condition that I think music is good for. It gives a counterpoint to the visual beauty, and adds depth to pictures that they wouldn't have if the music wasn't there.

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Other Usage Examples

Color is a plastic means of creating intervals... color harmonics produced by special relationships, or tensions. We differentiate now between formal tensions and color tensions, just as we differentiate in music between counterpoint and harmony.