countermelody

Questions

What does countermelody mean?

a secondary or supplemental melody played simultaneously with the primary melody.

Where does countermelody come from?

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Proto-Indo-European *-teros Proto-Italic *-teros Proto-Italic *komterosder. Proto-Italic *komterād Latin contrāder. Old French contre- Anglo-Norman countre-bor. Middle English counter- English counter- English melody English countermelody From counter- + melody.

How to pronounce countermelody

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