triple counterpoint

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noun Music.

invertible counterpoint involving three transposable voices.

QUIZ

QUIZ YOURSELF ON "WAS" VS. "WERE"!

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Question 1 of 7

“Was” is used for the indicative past tense of “to be,” and “were” is only used for the subjunctive past tense.

Origin of triple counterpoint

First recorded in 1865–70

Elderly women played Triple Double Diamond and Tiki Magic while they chain-smoked.
I Watched a Casino Kill Itself: The Awful Last Nights of Atlantic City’s Taj Mahal|Olivia Nuzzi|December 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Reprinted by permission of Soft Skull Press, an imprint of Counterpoint.
Living Black & Gay in the ’50s|Alain Mabanckou|December 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST
A cold salad with French string beans is the perfect counterpoint.
The Barefoot Contessa’s Tasty Trip to Paris|Ina Garten|November 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The wine-producing countries of Spain, Italy, and France, suggest limits that are double and triple that of the U.S.
Americans Drink Too Much, But We’re Not All Alcoholics|Gabrielle Glaser|November 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST

“Every single witness is inadmissible, hearsay, triple-hearsay,” said assistant state attorney Penny Brill in court yesterday.
Did Pablo Escobar Frame a Millionaire for Murdering Banana-Shipping Money Launderers?|Jacqui Goddard|November 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST
When rapidly deposited, as by artificial precipitation, triple phosphate often takes feathery, star- or leaf-like forms.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd
The sediment usually contains abundant amorphous phosphates and crystals of triple phosphate and ammonium urate.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd
At the beginning of 1917 I was offered the chance of production in a triple bill if I cut it down into a two-act play.
First Plays|A. A. Milne
It has no balconies outside, but, instead of this, a triple wreath of leaves round each story.
A Woman's Journey Round the World|Ida Pfeiffer
It was the man with the bluish cheek scar who had accosted him after the triple-killing in that office building.
Hooded Detective, Volume III No. 2, January, 1942|Various