unison
Sign in to saveIn music, unison is two or more musical parts that sound either the same pitch or pitches separated by intervals of one or more octaves, usually at the same time. Rhythmic unison is another term for homorhythm.
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- unison
- Interval.inverse
- octave
- Interval.complement
- unison
- Interval.other_names
- perfect unison, prime, perfect prime
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- P1
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{{Image frame|content= { \override Score.TimeSignature#'stencil = ##f \relative c' { \clef treble \time 4/4 \key c \major 1 } } |width=120|caption=A perfect unison between two Cs}}In music, unison is two or more musical parts that sound either the same pitch or pitches separated by intervals of one or more octaves, usually at the same time. Rhythmic unison is another term for homorhythm.
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