Anyhow, this is how it was pretty much written, but I started pondering on whether it was really building the way I wanted it to, and ended up trying out some fancy malarkey with verse lyrics for Puck to sing in countermelody to the Regulars verses. ❋ Hal Duncan (2009)
A pair of hunting horns joins in with a countermelody, soon joined by a second pair of horns and finally the timpani. ❋ Barrymore Laurence Scherer (2011)
Supported by soft harmonies, the turning, trilling English horn melody evolves into a duet, as the flute line becomes a birdlike countermelody of rapid notes, accented with soft triangle strokes suggesting dewdrops glinting in the sun. ❋ Barrymore Laurence Scherer (2011)
Then, in a gesture of almost bittersweet emotion, the solo cello returns, taking up the theme against a sympathetic countermelody in the flute and oboe. ❋ Barrymore Laurence Scherer (2010)
Voices shouted below, accompanied by the mournful wail of a fiddle; and then, in countermelody, the lilt of a penny whistle. ❋ Lou Anders (2010)
In place of smooth four-part harmony, we hear heavy, rough-edged unison singing with a keening falsetto countermelody on top. ❋ Terry Teachout (2010)
The strings were playing a waltz at a ball, a tune that is then deconstructed into its melodic and accompanying parts, including the self-pitying viola countermelody that no one will ever care about or hear. ❋ Unknown (2010)
She plucks that viola in precise patterns – repeated notes, a syncopated chord, a countermelody – as the only accompaniment for her gentle, transparent voice, which has an undercurrent of Celtic melancholy. ❋ Unknown (2007)
The trio strain of Sousa's "Stars and Stripes Forever", with the famous piccolo countermelody ❋ Lu (2009)
Music that is mostly homophonic can become temporarily polyphonic if an independent countermelody is added. ❋ Lu (2009)
"Insurgentes" opens with its most accessible number, "Harmony Korine," which finds a midpoint between Pink Floyd and Radiohead, while "Abandoner" sounds like it was culled from Thom Yorke's solo work until guitarist Sand Snowman enters with a twinkling countermelody. ❋ Unknown (2009)
One thing that remained consistent: when a character sings, Stalling doesn't play the tune in the orchestra, instead playing an accompaniment or a countermelody to Blanc's singing. ❋ Jaime J. Weinman (2008)
The band's not-so-secret weapon, Noseworthy played a mean slide solo during a cover of Junior Kimbrough's "I Feel Good Again" and a delicate countermelody on "On Your Side" that helped the song swell like a poignant lump in the throat. ❋ Unknown (2011)
A through-composed, one-movement work, the Symphony establishes a moody, gloomy bass line that serves as a passacaglia or ricercare, while a motif in ¾ acts as a dance-like countermelody. ❋ Unknown (2009)
