Counterpoint

Entertainment / Music / Counterpoint: The compositional art of combining two or more simultaneous melodic lines (polyphonic texture): term means 'point against point' or 'note against note.'
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Polyphony

Entertainment / Music / Polyphony: Combining a number of individual but harmonizing melodies. Also known as counterpoint. MORE

Fugue

Entertainment / Music / Fugue: A composition written for three to six voices. Beginning with the exposition, each voice enters at different times, creating counterpoint with one another. MORE

Contrapuntal

Entertainment / Music / Contrapuntal: Texture employing counterpoint, or two or more melodic lines. MORE

Mood

Entertainment / Literature / Mood: (1) In literature, a feeling, emotional state, or disposition of mind--especially the predominating atmosphere or tone of a literary work. Most pieces of literature have a prevailing mood, but shifts MORE

Free Verse

Entertainment / Literature / Free Verse: Poetry based on the natural rhythms of phrases and normal pauses rather than the artificial constraints of metrical feet. Commonly called vers libre in French (the English term first appears in print MORE

Perrier

Entertainment / Liquor / Perrier: A highly effervescent bottled water that the French use in highballs instead of club soda. It has a sharp edge that works well as a counterpoint to the stickiness of fruit juices. Highly popular on th MORE