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contrapuntal
adjective
(con-tra-pun-tal)
having two or more independent but harmonically related melodic parts sounding together
Synonyms:
polyphonic
,
contrapuntal
(con-tra-pun-tal)
relating to or characteristic of or according to the rules of counterpoint
Examples:
Contrapuntal base.
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polyphonic
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chordal
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virtuosic
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rhythmic
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improvisatory
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melodic
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pianistic
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mozartian
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dissonant
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atonal
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polytonal
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orchestral
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lyrical
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compositional
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harmonic
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percussive
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microtonal
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rhythmical
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antiphonal
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rhapsodic
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woodwind
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symphonic
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baroque
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tuneful
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melismatic
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tonal
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sonorous
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plainchant
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jazzy
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diatonic
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staccato
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choral
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songful
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mozartean
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songlike
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metrical
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chromatic
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beethovenian
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idiomatic
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cadenced
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syncopated
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timpani
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pointillistic
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handelian
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choreographic
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incantatory
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poetic
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declamatory
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imagistic
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propulsive
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clangorous
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canonic
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nabokovian
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digressive
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aleatoric
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ruminative
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plangent
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discursive
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decrescendo
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gestural
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textural
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aphoristic
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sinuous
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expressive
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ludic
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strophic
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dialogic
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echoic
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elegiac
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resonant
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essayistic
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uninflected
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balletic
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plainsong
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apollonian
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impressionistic
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chorded
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improvisational
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mellifluous
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painterly
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nonet
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epigrammatic
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formalist
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easeful
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reverberant
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novelistic
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allusive
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aleatory
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wavelike
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stylistic
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undulant
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triadic
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dirgelike
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singable
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absolute music
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tierce de picardie
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cantus firmus
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contrapuntal
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