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The fantasia, the ricercar, and later, the canon and fugue (the contrapuntal form par excellence) all feature imitative counterpoint, which also frequently appears in choral works such as motets and madrigals.
- What is imitative music?
- Which song is a great example of imitation?
- How do you write an imitative counterpoint?
- What was developed through imitative counterpoint?
What is imitative music?
A musical texture featuring two or more equally prominent, simultaneous melodic lines, those lines being similar in shape and sound. ... If the individual lines are similar in their shapes and sounds, the polyphony is termed imitative; but if the strands show little or no resemblance to each other, it is non-imitative.
Which song is a great example of imitation?
Three Blind Mice – An Example of Strict Imitation
However, in many pieces of music, the melody is not exactly repeated – it is often changed through transposition or inversion.
How do you write an imitative counterpoint?
Imitative counterpoint consists of at least 2 voices but may use far more. Usually the restatement occurs at even intervals only at a different pitch level. One common sequence is a statement of the theme at normal level and then a fifth above or a fourth below.
What was developed through imitative counterpoint?
Since the seventeenth century, the term fugue has described what is commonly regarded as the most fully developed procedure of imitative counterpoint.
