In music, figurate describes a florid piece involving passing discords by the freer melodic movement of one or more parts or voices in the harmony. Research Figurate
In music a figurative counterpoint is that which is not simple, or in which the parts do not move together tone for tone, but in which freer movement of one or more parts mingles passing discords with the harmony. Research Figurate Counterpoint
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