crab canon
noun Music.
a canon in which the imitating voice is the theme in retrograde motion.
Words nearby crab canon
cr., craal, crab, crab apple, crab cactus, crab canon, crab grass, crab louse, crab nebula, crab spider, crab tree
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British Dictionary definitions for crab canon
crab canon
noun
music a canon in which the imitating voice repeats the notes of the theme in reverse orderAlso called: retrograde canon, canon cancrizans
Word Origin for crab canon
from the mistaken medieval notion that crabs move backwards
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