imitative counterpoint

Japanese: imitative counterpoint(英語表記)imitativecounterpoint
imitative counterpoint

...At that time, the three-part system of soprano (known as discantus at the time), tenor, and contratenor was the norm, but in the 15th century, the contratenor was divided into two parts, the high contratenor altus and the low contratenor bassus, and thus the basic four-part structure of soprano, alto, tenor, and bass was established. In the 16th century, the voices became more equal, and mimetic counterpoint, in which one voice imitates the main musical idea of ​​another, was developed. When this imitation is performed between all the voices that make up a piece of music, it is called durchimitation. ...

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Japanese:

…当時はソプラノ(当時の用語ではディスカントゥスdiscantus),テノール,コントラテノールという3声書法が中心だったが,15世紀になるとコントラテノールが〈高いコントラテノールcontratenor altus〉と〈低いコントラテノールcontratenor bassus〉の二つに分化し,こうしてソプラノ,アルト,テノール,バスという基本的な4声部構造が確立した。16世紀には諸声部の均等化が進み,ある声部の主要な楽想を他の声部が模倣する〈模倣対位法imitative counterpoint〉が発達した。この模倣が楽曲を構成するすべての声部間で行われるとき,それを特に〈通模倣(つうもほう)Durchimitation〉という。…

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