Bach used this technique a lot, you can also find it in the 1st 3 bars of the stairway to heaven intro..
contrary motion
whats the term used when you have an ascending and a descending melody moving at the same time? I keep thinking contrary motion but something tells me thats not right.
Bach used this technique a lot, you can also find it in the 1st 3 bars of the stairway to heaven intro..
Bach used this technique a lot, you can also find it in the 1st 3 bars of the stairway to heaven intro..
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the word for word translation from french is "contrary motion", so I guess you 're right...
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Counterpoint is the name for the whole stuff, but in counterpoint, you can have "parralel", when the two line go in the same direction, "contrary", if one goes up, and the other down, and I can't remember the other...
Anyway, that's all translated from french, so I might be saying wrong stuff...
Anyway, that's all translated from french, so I might be saying wrong stuff...
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