Motion at Music Glossary
What is it? The harmonic relationship between two or more simultaneous musical lines or parts. In parallel motion the melodic contours are identical. In similar motion parts move in the same direction but the intervals between them change. In contrary motion parts move in opposite directions. In oblique motion one part remains stationary while the other moves.Music Definition Added By: Lillian
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