contratempo

English translation: offbeat; counter tempo

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Portuguese term or phrase:	contratempo
English translation:	offbeat; counter tempo
Entered by:	Cris Valadares

01:13 May 6, 2016

Portuguese to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Music / samba

Portuguese term or phrase: contratempo

Bossa Nova - É o gênero musical brasileiro mais influente no cenário internacional. Trata-se de uma conjugação de samba e jazz, acentuando os contratempos de maneira sincopada, com a utilização de acordes dissonantes de passagem.

Cris Valadares KudoZ activity Questions: 17 (none open) (1 closed without grading) Answers: 0 Brazil
Local time: 06:14

offbeat; counter tempo

Explanation:
Estou supondo que sua dúvida seja "contratempo" (e não contraponto), ok?

contratempo = offbeat:

http://forum.wordreference.com/threads/contratiempo-musical-...

http://www.proz.com/kudoz/portuguese_to_english/music/520769...

counter tempo:
http://www.nzcaf.org.nz/downloads/rules/SA TR 2013-2014.pdf

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Matheus Chaud
Brazil
Local time: 06:14

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offbeat; counter tempo

Matheus Chaud

counterpoint

David Hollywood

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offbeat; counter tempo

Matheus Chaud
Brazil
Local time: 06:14
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Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 24

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Thank

3 hrs confidence:

contraponto counterpoint

Explanation:
:)

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https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contrapunto
El contrapunto (del latín punctus contra punctum, «nota contra nota») es una técnica de ..... Johannes & Wilbrandt, Jürgen: Contrapunto creativo. Labor, 1993. Jeppesen, Knud: Counterpoint: the polyphonic vocal style of the sixteenth century.
Counterpoint - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Counterpoint

In music, counterpoint is the relationship between voices that are harmonically interdependent (polyphony) yet independent in rhythm and contour. It has been ...

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Simple Definition of counterpoint
music : a combination of two or more melodies that are played together
: a melody played in combination with another

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counterpoint
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A palavra "counterpoint" pode ter as seguintes funções gramaticais:
substantivo, verbo transitivo
Sinônimos da palavra "counterpoint":
counterpointed counterpointing counterpoints
A definição da palavra "counterpoint":
rate 1. combining of two melodies into one harmonic texture (Music)
rate 2. combine one melody with another (Music)
rate 3. the technique of combining melodic lines to create a polyphonic texture
rate 4. Art of combining different melodic lines in a musical composition. The term is often used interchangeably with polyphony (music consisting of two or more distinct melodic lines), but counterpoint more specifically refers to the compositional technique involved in the handling of these melodic lines. The first recorded use of two melodic lines simultaneously was in 9th-century treatises showing examples of organum (a type of music for multiple voices), though improvised counterpoint; in which the voices probably moved mostly parallel to each other and thus failed to convey an impression of independence; may date back to some centuries earlier. The desire to ensure pleasant consonances and avoid unpleasant dissonances when improvising called for principles of simultaneous vocal motion (voice leading). Because the relative movement of voices approaching and leaving given intervals was thought to produce effects that were more or less pleasing, rules were created to govern various types of relative motion. The "vertical" aspect of counterpoint; the relationship between the melodic lines; came to be studied as harmony, especially from the 18th century. Though harmony and counterpoint are intimately intertwined, most of the multivoiced music of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance is considered essentially polyphonic or contrapuntal; that is, consisting of a combination of relatively independent and integral melodic lines. In the Baroque era, with the invention of figured bass and the continuo, the balance began to shift toward a harmonic orientation.

David Hollywood
Local time: 06:14
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 4

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