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contrapuncti

contrapuncti is the plural of contrapunctus.

Meaning of contrapunctus

Noun

contrapunctus (plural contrapuncti)

  1. A fugue.
    • The ambitus of the metrical weight profile increases towards the middle of the contrapunctus; minimal local meter length is 2.2018, Guerino Mazzola, The Topos of Music II: Performance: Theory, Software, and Case Studies

Questions about contrapuncti

What is contrapuncti the plural of?
Contrapuncti is the plural of contrapunctus.

Words near contrapuncti in the dictionary

  1. contrapsins
  2. contraption
  3. contraptions
  4. contraptious
  5. contrapunctal
  6. contrapuncti
  7. contrapunctus
  8. contrapuntal
  9. contrapuntalism
  10. contrapuntally
  11. contrapuntism

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