"Kevin Collins" <kevination@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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> Is there an elegant, one- or two-word term for the characteristic of a
> single melodic line to imply two distinct lines, a la Bach, Charlie
> Parker, or countless other Western musicians, or the practice of
> creating such a line?
>
> Someone I spoke with once used "triangulation", which sure sounded
> neat but I haven't since seen any sup****t for the use of the term.
> Such lines do often tend to have either convergent or divergent
> aspects to them, so in a sense I guess a kind of triangle-shape is
> hinted at, but "triangulation" is a term of indirect measurement in
> geometry, isn't it?
>
> I just figured since I do it it would be handy to have a simpler label
> for it than my admittedly clumsy description of it, and my research
> efforts have netted me bupkis.
>
Compound melody.
Tom K.
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