Explore Contrafact through 2 example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Contrafact in a sentence
Contrafact meaning
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.
Using Contrafact
- The main meaning on this page is: 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.
Context around Contrafact
- Average sentence length in these examples: 28 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 0 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 2 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Contrafact
- In this selection, "contrafact" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 28 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, see stand out and add context to how "contrafact" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include compositions see contrafact and known as contrafact and still. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "contrafact" sits close to words such as aabb, aabria and aacha, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with contrafact
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Chord progressions for bebop tunes were often taken directly from popular swing-era songs and reused with a new and more complex melody, forming new compositions (see contrafact ). (28 words)
Music Parker's style of composition involved interpolation of original melodies over existing jazz forms and standards, a practice known as contrafact and still common in jazz today. (28 words)
Chord progressions for bebop tunes were often taken directly from popular swing-era songs and reused with a new and more complex melody, forming new compositions (see contrafact ). (28 words)
Music Parker's style of composition involved interpolation of original melodies over existing jazz forms and standards, a practice known as contrafact and still common in jazz today. (28 words)
Example sentences (2)
Chord progressions for bebop tunes were often taken directly from popular swing-era songs and reused with a new and more complex melody, forming new compositions (see contrafact ).
Music Parker's style of composition involved interpolation of original melodies over existing jazz forms and standards, a practice known as contrafact and still common in jazz today.