invertible counterpoint
noun
: musical counterpoint in which each part can be placed above or below any of the others
First his students wrote invertible counterpoint …, then turned to invertible canons, and finally applied their acquired contrapuntal skills to fugue writing.—
Sabine Feisst, Schoenberg’s New World, 2011
compare single counterpoint, double counterpoint, triple counterpoint, quadruple counterpoint
Sabine Feisst, Schoenberg’s New World, 2011Dictionary Entries Near invertible counterpoint
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