triple counterpoint

noun

, Music.

1. invertible counterpoint involving three transposable voices.

Word History and Origins

Origin of triple counterpoint¹

First recorded in 1865–70

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.

From Project Gutenberg

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.

From Project Gutenberg

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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