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I would like to vote for 'motif' if you are talking about a single line melody.  Grove defines it as this:

"A short musical idea, melodic, harmonic, rhythmic, or any combination of these three. A motif may be of any size, and is most commonly regarded as the shortest subdivision of a theme or phrase that still maintains its identity as an idea. It is most often thought of in melodic terms, and it is this aspect of motif that is connoted by the term ‘figure’. Thus, for example, in the opening theme of Beethoven’s Sonata in E op.109 a case could be argued for either half a bar or one bar constituting a motif, though the latter interpretation would probably be favoured by most listeners, since the two pairs of notes together form an identifiable contour; the two-note members might then be called ‘cells’"

My $.02
Chris Schiff
Music and Arts Librarian
Bates College


On Fri, Mar 28, 2014 at 10:48 AM, Maureen Dawley <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

I have been talking to our music librarian who suggested counter melody: two distinct melodic lines

which are sounded simultaneously. One melody is subordinate (accompaniment) but can become more dominant depending on the piece.

Suggesting more within than counter.

We searched:

Harvard Dictionary of Music

Merriam Webster

Google countermelody as one word.

 

Mo

 

Mo Dawley

Art and Drama Librarian

Senior Librarian

Carnegie Mellon University

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See below:

Counterpoint is the combination of two or more melodic lines, the second or later additional melodies described as counterpoints to the first. If harmony is regarded as vertical, as it is in conventional notation, signifying the simultaneous sounding of notes in chords, counterpoint may be regarded as horizontal. The adjective from counterpoint is contrapuntal. The phrase modal counterpoint is used to indicate 16th century counterpoint or Palestrina counterpoint and the phrase tonal counterpoint is used to indicate the later baroque counterpoint of Johann Sebastian Bach and his contemporaries.

 

Sheila A. Cork
Librarian
New Orleans Museum of Art
City Park
1 Collins Diboll Circle
P.O. Box 19123
New Orleans, LA 70179-0123

504-658-4117
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Could you provide a bit more detail/context Ellen? It could be motif...

Thanks,
Katherine

 

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Counter-melody?


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The George and Helen Ladd Library
Bates College
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Lewiston, ME 04240
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