Definitions
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- noun music a secondary or supplemental
melody playedsimultaneously with the primary melody.
Etymologies
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Examples
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Anyhow, this is how it was pretty much written, but I started pondering on whether it was really building the way I wanted it to, and ended up trying out some fancy malarkey with verse lyrics for Puck to sing in countermelody to the Regulars verses.
Archive 2009-10-01 Hal Duncan 2009
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Anyhow, this is how it was pretty much written, but I started pondering on whether it was really building the way I wanted it to, and ended up trying out some fancy malarkey with verse lyrics for Puck to sing in countermelody to the Regulars verses.
More Musicality Hal Duncan 2009
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A pair of hunting horns joins in with a countermelody, soon joined by a second pair of horns and finally the timpani.
The Splendid Start to a Farewell to Opera Barrymore Laurence Scherer 2011
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Supported by soft harmonies, the turning, trilling English horn melody evolves into a duet, as the flute line becomes a birdlike countermelody of rapid notes, accented with soft triangle strokes suggesting dewdrops glinting in the sun.
The Splendid Start to a Farewell to Opera Barrymore Laurence Scherer 2011
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Then, in a gesture of almost bittersweet emotion, the solo cello returns, taking up the theme against a sympathetic countermelody in the flute and oboe.
The Waltz That Defines Vienna Barrymore Laurence Scherer 2010
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Voices shouted below, accompanied by the mournful wail of a fiddle; and then, in countermelody, the lilt of a penny whistle.
Masked Lou Anders 2010
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In place of smooth four-part harmony, we hear heavy, rough-edged unison singing with a keening falsetto countermelody on top.
Lovely Sounds of Sorrow Terry Teachout 2010
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The strings were playing a waltz at a ball, a tune that is then deconstructed into its melodic and accompanying parts, including the self-pitying viola countermelody that no one will ever care about or hear.
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Voices shouted below, accompanied by the mournful wail of a fiddle; and then, in countermelody, the lilt of a penny whistle.
Masked Lou Anders 2010
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She plucks that viola in precise patterns – repeated notes, a syncopated chord, a countermelody – as the only accompaniment for her gentle, transparent voice, which has an undercurrent of Celtic melancholy.
CMJ Music Marathon: “Sound Guys Love Me” - ArtsBeat Blog - NYTimes.com 2007
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