"LJS" <ljschenck@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
news:dc1ddeaa-5240-4eaf-be1f-367b69378b81@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> On May 8, 9:09 pm, "Steve Latham" <llat...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>> "Kevin Collins" <kevinat...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
>>
>>
news:3a3c58de-cb5a-411d-83ae-605c3cf0b1aa@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>
>> > 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?
>>
>> Compound Melody +1
>>
>> Steve
>
> No, but there is one. I have also heard it in reference to some
> Classical Arabic music while I lived in Morocco. I just can't think of
> it now.
> LJS
Yes, the term is Compound Melody.


|