contrafact
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[edit]Noun
[edit]contrafact (plural contrafacts)
- 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.
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[edit]musical composition
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See also
[edit]contrafact on Wikipedia.Wikipedia