One of the principal means of securing unity and consistency in polyphonic composition; the repetition of essentially the same melodic theme, phrase, or motive, on different degrees of pitch, by one or more of the other parts of voises. Cf. Canon.
repeating a melody, that has already be presented in one part, in one or more other parts. The repeated melody can be presented on a different pitch level.
A common device used in polyphonic music. A musical idea that is introduced in one part is played again in other parts. This was especially common in the Renaissance period in masses, motets, and madrigals.
The repetition of a phrase, usually at a different pitch, by another voice or part.
the restatement in succession of identical musical material in two or more parts
The successive repetition in different voices of a single musical idea.
Compositional technique in which a melodic idea is presented in one voice (or part), then restated in another while the first voice continues with new material. Example: Handel, Messiah, "Hallelujah" Chorus Real Audio: 28k | 56k | About this album In this example, the voice parts build from lowest to highest (basses, tenors, altos, sopranos), each imitating the first melodic statement.
The overlapping repetition of a melody by two or more "voices." A technique of polyphonic composition.
The repetition of a melodic phrase played by one part in another part.
A form of repetition in which a melody is restated in different musical parts.
A melody or melodic group is repeated in at different pitch level.
Compositional technique in which a melodic idea is presented in one voice (or part), then restated in another while the first voice continues with new material. In this example, the voice parts build from lowest to highest (basses, tenors, altos, sopranos), each imitating the first melodic statement. Example: Handel, Messiah, "Hallelujah" Chorus Real Audio: 28K | 56K | About this album
fugal technique of composition, in which one part introduces a theme, or subject which is then answered by the other parts by reitorating the same theme later in the work. This term is usually applied to fugal passages in choral music.
The statement of a single motive or melody by two or more voices in succession, often in staggered entrances so one part continues as another enters, as in a round.
In music, imitation is when a musical gesture is repeated later in a different form, but retaining its original character. A canon exists solely by grace of imitation.