> > > > 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.
>
> There's another one, having to do with the continuity in a storyline.
That isn't the exact sense; it's actually the same "canon" that describes the accepted body of biblical works, which I'll herein discuss no further.
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