Countermovement (counterpoint)

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In musical theory of counterpoint , the countermovement (lat. Motus contrarius) is the movement ratio of two voices, one of which rises and the other falls. Countermovement is seen as a sure means of avoiding forbidden parallels ; however, the counter-movement from a perfect consonance to an octave- identical interval (fifth-duodecime, octave-unison etc.), the so-called antiparallel , is also forbidden in low-voiced movements.

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  1. ↑ Johann Georg Sulzer: General Theory of Fine Arts in individual articles that follow one another according to the alphabetical order of the artificial words. in der Weidmannschen Buchhandlung, 1792, p. 331 ( limited preview in the Google book search).