"counter melody" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: counter melodies [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} counter melody (plural counter melodies)
  1. Alternative form of countermelody Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: countermelody
    Sense id: en-counter_melody-en-noun-Q90LCeRw Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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          "text": "I've sought to bring this out by creating a slow-moving counter melody which moves through, rather than arrives at, the cadences (this is a hallmark of Celtic harmonies, which are rooted in the concept of drones and dissonance.)",
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