> > > They love that stupid piece, which ain't even a canon. > > > > It is a cannon - it has multiple performers playing the same melody offset by four > > bars. That's a cannon by definition. > > cannon -- A cannon is any piece of artillery that uses gunpowder or other usually > explosive-based propellents to launch a projectile. > > canon -- In music, a canon is a contrapuntal composition that employs a melody with > one or more imitations of the melody played after a given duration (e.g., quarter > rest, one measure, etc.). The initial melody is called the leader (or dux), while the > imitative melody, which is played in a different voice, is called the follower (or > comes). The follower must imitate the leader, either as an exact replication of its > rhythms and intervals or some transformation thereof.
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Oh for Pete's sake.
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