crab canon

crab canon
A contrapuntal composition in which one melody is superimposed on the same melody in reverse

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  • canon cancrizans — [ kaŋkrɪˌzanz] noun Music a canon in which the theme or subject is repeated backwards in the second participle Origin C19: from canon1 + med. L. cancrizans walking backwards (from cancer crab ) …   English new terms dictionary

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