Reference : augmentation
Augmentation is technique whereby note values in a melody are proportionally increased in duration. In the next example the fugue subject (upper voice) is transformed by augmentation in the lower voice. Eighth notes become quarter notes and sixteenths notes eights:
See:
- C > Counterpoint for related topics
- Contrapuntal Compositional Techniques
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José Rodríguez Alvira.
