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In music, imitation is the repetition of a melody in a polyphonic texture shortly after its first appearance in a different voice, usually at a different pitch. The melody may vary through transposition, inversion or otherwise, but retain its original character.

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10 A favorite melodic device of the Baroque period was the use of?

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When A melodic idea is presented by one voice or instrument and then restated immediately by another voice or instrument the technique is called what?

If it is exactly the same the second time then it is imitation. If it is more a question and answer then it is antiphony.


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"without imitation"


When a melodic idea is presented by one voice or instrument and then restated immediately by another voice or instrument what is the technique is called?

this is called a sequence.probie :)----Or, imitation, if it is the same intervallically.Sequence generally is used for segments of a melody that transposes itself either up or down in an even harmonic progression.Imitation can lead to several things in renaissance/baroque/early classical music..1. it's a round [row, row, row your boat]2. It's a canon [like canon in D by pachelbel]3. it's a fugue [the answer to the subject will be transposed up a 5th to the dominant]4. imitation = just a melodic device used to "echo" the motive.hope that helps.


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"without imitation"


What does ''we honored her by imatation'' mean?

............by imitation, using her as a role model,


What is canonic imitation?

canonic imitation is canonic imitation


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Generally accepted to mean pseudo or fake or imitation.


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