(counterpoint)
61invertible counterpoint — noun see double counterpoint * * * Music. counterpoint in which the voices, while retaining their original form, may be interchanged above or below one another in any order …
62Figurative counterpoint — Figurative Fig ur*a*tive, a. [L. figurativus: cf. F. figuratif. See {Figurative}.] 1. Representing by a figure, or by resemblance; typical; representative. [1913 Webster] This, they will say, was figurative, and served, by God s appointment, but… …
63triple counterpoint — noun Date: circa 1869 three part musical counterpoint so written that any part may be transposed above or below any other …
64double counterpoint — Music. invertible counterpoint using two transposable voices. * * * …
65invertible counterpoint — Music. counterpoint in which the voices, while retaining their original form, may be interchanged above or below one another in any order. * * * …
66triple counterpoint — Music. invertible counterpoint involving three transposable voices. [1865 70] * * * …
67plain counterpoint — noun : strict counterpoint …
68quadruple counterpoint — noun : four part counterpoint in which the parts are interchangeable without violating contrapuntal rules …
69single counterpoint — noun : counterpoint in which the added part lies uniformly above or below the cantus firmus …
70strict counterpoint — noun : counterpoint limited harmonically to musical triads and first inversions in which appogiaturas and chromatic tones are forbidden and usually divided into five species: (1) note against note of the cantus firmus; (2) two notes to one; (3)… …