English Explanatory Dictionary

contrafact

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A new musical composition built out of an already existing one, most often a new melody overlaid on a familiar harmonic structure. An important part of the development of bebop. Contrafacts are not to be confused with musical quotations, which borrow rhythms or melodies from an existing composition.

Word forms

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