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	The Internet Classics Archive \| Physics by Aristotle
		Hence we speak of the intermediate as in a sense a contrary relatively to the extremes and of either extreme as a contrary relatively to the intermediate: for instance, the central note is low relatively-to the highest and high relatively to the lowest, and grey is light relatively to fl and dark relatively to white.
		Motion in respect of Quantity has no name that includes both contraries, but it is called increase or decrease according as one or the other is designated: that is to say motion in the direction of complete magnitude is increase, motion in the contrary direction is decrease.
		And wherever a pair of contraries admit of an intermediate, motions to that intermediate must be held to be in a sense motions to one or other of the contraries: for the intermediate serves as a contrary for the purposes of the motion, in whichever direction the change may be, e.g.
	classics.mit.edu /Aristotle/physics.5.v.html (5131 words)

	Aristotle's - PHYSICS 350 BC - FULL TEXT - In Eight WebPage Parts Part Five - Athenaeum Library of Philosophy
		a motion from health and a motion to disease; or motions respectively from a contrary to the opposite contrary and from the latter to the former, e.
		Since then change differs from motion (motion being change from a particular subject to a particular subject), it follows that contrary motions are motions respectively from a contrary to the opposite contrary and from the latter to the former, e.
		And wherever a pair of contraries admit of an intermediate, motions to that intermediate must be held to be in a sense motions to one or other of the contraries: for the intermediate serves as a contrary for the purposes of the motion, in whichever direction the change may be, e.
	evans-experientialism.freewebspace.com /aristotle_physics05.htm (5146 words)

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		Nor again can motion along the circle from A to B be regarded as the contrary of motion from A to C: for the motion goes from the same point towards the same point, and contrary motion was distinguished as motion from a contrary to its contrary.
		And even if the motion round a circle is the contrary of the reverse motion, one of the two would be ineffective: for both move to the same point, because that which moves in a circle, at whatever point it begins, must necessarily pass through all the contrary places alike.
		Motion upward and downward and sideways were all, they thought, equally inappropriate to that which is set at the centre and indifferently related to every extreme point; and to move in contrary directions at the same time was impossible: so it must needs remain still.
	classics.mit.edu /Aristotle/heavens.mb.txt (23656 words)

	Contrary motion - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In music theory, contrary motion is the general movement of two melodic lines or pitches in opposite directions.
		For example, in one melodic line a note moving to another of a higher pitch, a second line in contrary motion would have this note moving to another of a lower pitch at the same time.
		The concept of contrary motion is important in the analysis of musical themes.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Contrary_motion (118 words)

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	Guidelines for Second Species, Two-Part Counterpoint (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Direct motion between beat 2 of measure n and beat 1 of measure n+1 is prohibited.
		Direct motion between beat 1 of measure n and beat 1 of measure n+1 is not prohibited so long as the intervening note does not produce direct motion.
		Oblique motion between beat 2 of measure n and beat 1 of measure n+1 requires a prohibited repeated or tied note.
	www.unh.edu /music/Counterpoint/2_2_Rules.htm (977 words)

	ON THE HEAVENS by Aristotle
		For example, taking a complete circle, motion from E to F on the semicircle G may be opposed to motion from F to E on the semicircle H. But even supposing these are contraries, it in no way follows that the reverse motions on the complete circumference contraries.
		Again, if the motion of the heaven is the measure of all movements whatever in virtue of being alone continuous and regular and eternal, and if, in each kind, the measure is the minimum, and the minimum movement is the swiftest, then, clearly, the movement of the heaven must be the swiftest of all movements.
		Motion upward and downward and sideways were all, they thought, equally inappropriate to that which is set at the centre and indifferently related to every extreme point; and to move in contrary directions at the same time was impossible: so it must needs remain still.
	www.fortunecity.com /victorian/durer/192/books/onthehea.htm (21980 words)

	Aristotle - The Organon CATEGORIES 1 14 Affection (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Thus alteration is a distinct sort of motion; for, if it were not, the thing altered would not only be altered, but would forthwith necessarily suffer increase or diminution or some one of the other sorts of motion in addition; which as a matter of fact is not the case.
		But the different forms of motion have their own contraries in other forms; thus destruction is the contrary of generation, diminution of increase, rest in a place, of change of place.
		It appears to have no contrary, unless one should define the contrary here also either as 'rest in its quality' or as 'change in the direction of the contrary quality', just as we defined the contrary of change of place either as rest in a place or as change in the reverse direction.
	www.rbjones.com /rbjpub/philos/classics/aristotl/o1114c.htm (464 words)

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	Canon: Anatomy of
		In the context of canons, the term "inverted canon" is synonymous with "canon in contrary motion." Canons in contrary motion exemplify the technique of "melodic inversion," and should not be confused with contrapuntal inversion (also known as "double counterpoint") in which two contrapuntal lines exchange registers...the low becoming the high and visa versa.
		Notice that canons in contrary motion are normally constructed so that if the leader begins on the tonic pitch the follower will begin on the dominant, and visa versa.
		Because inverting a C-clef effects no apparent change, contrary motion is signified by the inversion of key signatures or by the placement of accidentals on "wrong" lines and spaces.
	jan.ucc.nau.edu /~tas3/canonanatomy.html (1902 words)

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		If it is the nature of earth, as observation shows, to move from any point to the centre, as of fire contrariwise to move from the centre to the extremity, it is impossible that any portion of earth should move away from the centre except by constraint.
		For a single thing has a single movement, and a simple thing a simple: contrary movements cannot belong to the same thing, and movement away from the centre is the contrary of movement to it.
		Therefore earth in motion, whether in a mass or in fragments, necessarily continues to move until it occupies the centre equally every way, the less being forced to equalize itself by the greater owing to the forward drive of the impulse.
	www.textfiles.com /etext/AUTHORS/ARISTOTLE/aristotle-on-271.txt (23564 words)

	Thirteenth-Century Polyphony - Directed cadences
		In the third case, only the lower third resolves by stepwise contrary motion (3-5), the upper third resolving by similar motion to the upper fourth of the trine.
		In another resolution by contrary motion, the major ninth expands to a twelfth while the lower fifth expands to an octave, arriving at a 12/8 sonority.
		In the case of 5/4 and 5/2, however, resolutions by directed contrary motion as well as oblique motion play a significant role in the cadential lexicon of the 13th century.
	www.medieval.org /emfaq/harmony/directed.html (2005 words)

	species counterpoint : melodic inversion : contrary motion
		Permitted melodic intervals are the perfect fourth, fifth, and octave, as well as the major and minor second, major and minor third, and ascending minor sixth.
		The interval of a tritone in three notes is to be avoided (for example, an ascending melodic motion F - A - B natural), as is the interval of a seventh in three notes.
		Avoid parallel fifths or octaves between any two parts; and avoid "hidden" parallel fifths or octaves: that is, movement by similar motion to a perfect fifth or octave, unless one part (sometimes restricted to the higher of the parts) moves by step.
	www.aboutmusictheory.com /species-counterpoint.html (1651 words)

	MO01 (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Now the two A's (bass and soprano) move in opposite direction to each other, so this doubling is left by contrary motion, the C after the chord.
		The doubling in the next chord (soprano and alto) is approached in contrary motion, shown by the C over the chord.
		Finally the C over the last chord shows that the doubling between bass and tenor is approached in contrary motion.
	www.odu.edu /al/wbartolo/mod05a.html (385 words)

	Aristotle, On the Heavens (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Now revolution about the center is circular motion, while the upward and downward movements are in a straight line, ‘upward’ meaning motion away from the center, and ‘downward’ motion towards it.
		This conclusion that local movement is not continued to infinity is corroborated by the fact that earth moves more quickly the nearer it is to the center, and fire the nearer it is to the upper place.
		Motion upward and downward and sideways were all, they thought, equally inappropriate to that which is set at the center and indifferently related to every extreme point; and to move in contrary directions at the same time was impossible: so it must needs remain still.
	thriceholy.net /Texts/Aristotle.html (21660 words)

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	contrary. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.
		In an opposite direction or manner; counter: The judge ruled contrary to all precedent in the case.
		on the contrary In opposition to what has been stated or what is expected: I'm not sick; on the contrary, I'm in the peak of health.
		to the contrary To the opposite effect from what has been stated or what is expected: Despite what you say to the contary, this contract is fair.
	www.bartleby.com /61/83/C0608300.html (270 words)

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		Contrary motion is counterpoint's most useful tool since it promotes the independence of the two voices.
		Fifths and octaves incorporated within progressions utilizing contrary motion are among the most effective first species progressions.
		Fifths and octaves approached in contrary motion are called anti-parallel fifths and octaves.
	www.duke.edu /web/mus118/sc1.htm (650 words)

	A summary of Fux's rules for 2v species counterpoint (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Move to a perfect consonance in oblique or contrary motion -- never in direct motion (direct motion means both similar and parallel motion).
		Avoid "beaten" (batutta) octave, fifth, and unison -- approach to any of these perfect consonances by contrary motion with a leap in the upper voice.
		Use oblique motion or suspensions in approach to the downbeat as much as possible "since it brings about the greatest beauty in the counterpoint."
	uts.cc.utexas.edu /~neumeyer/rules/Fux_twovoices.html (626 words)

	Chapter Contracted <i>to</i> Contrary of C by Webster's Dictionary (1913 Edition)
		Given to opposition; perverse; forward; wayward; as, a contrary disposition; a contrary child.
		A thing that is of contrary or opposite qualities.
		I was advised not to contrary the king.
	www.bibliomania.com /2/3/257/1194/22268/6.html (127 words)

	Objectionable Motion
		Some kinds of parallel motion must not occur except under appropriate harmonic circumstances because they destroy the four part texture: octaves, unisons, perfect fifths, and parallel dissonant intervals.
		When two parts move in similar motion to a unison, perfect fifth, or perfect octave, that movement is called Hidden or Covered.
		Parallels by contrary motion occur when two voices move by contrary motion from one harmonic interval to the same harmonic interval.
	www.tpub.com /harmony/6.htm (227 words)

	Re: 4-part harmony: studying for pop music?
		Conversely, most pop music moves in a mixture of: > >No. Contrary motion overdone has the effect of lockstep.
		Oblique motion -- one part holds a single note while the other >> moves about.
		Unrelated motion -- the bass part is usually quite unrelated >> to the other parts and heard independently -- not relatedly.
	www.talkaboutthemusic.com /group/rec.music.theory/messages/65151.html (700 words)

	Music in Contrary Motion, Philip Glass
		Contrary Motion, composed in 1969, is a work for solo organ in which pedal points add a functional harmony (A minor) and there is something faintly Bach-ian about its stern, rigorous counterpoint.
		Contrary Motion was written in what Glass calls "open form" — it never really ends, it just stops.
		The expanding figures upon which it is constructed could, theoretically, continue augmenting forever.
	www.chesternovello.com /Default.aspx?TabId=2432&State_3041=2&workId_3041=12804 (131 words)

	The Fugue, an outline of the substantials of a fugue
		- This kind of stretto entails a crab canon in contrary motion.
		11.) Stretto in Contrary Motion, Retrograde, and Augmentation.
		- Decide on a contrapuntal or harmonic device to direct the contrapuntal texture from the beginning to the end of the episode (for example a canon in contrary motion derived from the opening motive of the countersubject).
	www.bohnenstengel.net /fugue.html (1727 words)

	Guitar Tricks - contrary motion
		I keep thinking contrary motion but something tells me thats not right.
		the word for word translation from french is "contrary motion", so I guess you 're right...
		Counterpoint is the name for the whole stuff, but in counterpoint, you can have "parralel", when the two line go in the same direction, "contrary", if one goes up, and the other down, and I can't remember the other...
	www.guitartricks.com /forum/showthread.php?t=2818 (152 words)

	PhilipGlass.com: Compositions: Music in Contrary Motion
		Contrary Motion was written in what Glass calls 'open form' - it never really ends.
		Music in Contrary Motion for Organ at MusicRoom.com
		Two Pages / Contrary Motion / Music In Fifths / Music In Similar Motion on Nonesuch
	www.philipglass.com /html/compositions/music-in-contrary-motion.html (61 words)

	Philip Glass - Two Pages; Contrary Motion; Music in Fifths; Music in Similar Motion - RUTHLESS
		The songs on this album are all 15- 20 minutes long, and sound similar to one another, at least to a certain extent.
		My favorite composition (dig- it's a song if it's a three minute ditty, its a composition if it's Art.) is Music in Similar Motion.
		The subtle changes in the song that take place over the course of the 17 minutes of music never fail to fascinate me. It is a song best heard with your eyes closed and all your attention focused on the music.
	ruthlessreviews.com /pglasstwopages.html (240 words)

	MaestroTimothy.com » Blog Archive » Contrary Motion
		They come in to your life, your workplace, your social scene, your little bit of this great big world, and cause contrary motion.
		They try, and usually succeed, to disrupt the flow the natural motion and create contrary motion.
		If you find yourself, on the other side of this battle, you are causing the contrary motion.
	maestrotimothy.com /blog/?p=20 (437 words)

	Contrary Motion - MSN Encarta
		Contrary Motion, in music, the movement of two voices in opposite directions from each other; the opposite of parallel motion.
		The strictest form of contrary motion is inversion, in which one voice mirrors the intervals of the other.
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	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_762505280/Contrary_Motion.html (54 words)

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