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triple counterpoint
noun
, Music.
- invertible counterpoint involving three transposable voices.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of triple counterpoint1
First recorded in 1865–70
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Example Sentences
In triple counterpoint this difficulty is not so great; although a complete triad is dangerous, as it is apt to invert as a “6/46⁄4” which requires careful handling.
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On the other hand, in triple counterpoint the necessity for strictness is at its greatest, because there are only six possible inversions, and in a long polyphonic work most of these will be required.
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On the other hand, the less complicated stretto-fugues and the fugues in double and triple counterpoint are perfect works of art and as beautiful as any that Bach wrote without didactic purpose.
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