counterpoint
IPA: kˈaʊntɝpɔɪnt
noun
- (music) A melody added to an existing one, especially one added to provide harmony whilst each retains its simultaneous identity; a composition consisting of such contrapuntal melodies.
- Any similar contrasting element in a work of art.
- An opposite point.
- Obsolete form of counterpane. [(Appalachia) The topmost covering of a bed, often functioning as a blanket; a coverlet, bedspread.]
verb
- (transitive) To compose or arrange such music.
- (transitive) To serve as an opposing point against.
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Examples of "counterpoint" in Sentences
- In addition, the counterpoint is valid.
- It is very fetching and nice counterpoint.
- The separation of harmony and counterpoint is not absolute.
- He teaches harmony and counterpoint for the University of Oxford.
- His noted integrity was a counterpoint to the corruption of the era.
- It forms a counterpoint to the transparent filigree of Council House.
- In the course of time, they formed a counterpoint to the Dutch colonists.
- Counterpoint is the cultural relations think tank of the British Council.
- I am dissatisfied with the section on Dissonant Counterpoint in this article.
- He approached the study of counterpoint and the art of improvisation with Mons.
- I think an interesting counterpoint is the bilingual program in the community of Madrid.
- His hands, one grasping a withered stick and the other a bag filled with old bones, moved in counterpoint to his words.
- She has suggested also Mexican dishes wth rice in counterpoint to the paella which is Spanish which could be interesting.
- The term counterpoint originated in the fourteenth century, though the art designated by it had been practiced for several centuries previous.
- By the second act you get a good feeling for the characters 'personalities, and seeing them around the same table, arguing in counterpoint, works well.
- So, in counterpoint to what Steph said, fiction does often beget the act of poetry for me – it happened all through 2003, when I was producing stories that were simply not very good and failing to finish stories in general and despairing of my ability to plot.