canon – Definition in music

Definition of the French term canon in music:

canon (piece of music in which an initial melody is imitated by other voices or instruments at fixed time intervals)

Language

French

Singular

canon

Plural

canons

French musical terms that include canon:

canon à l'octave – canon at the octave (canon in which the imitation ...
canon à l’unisson – canon at the unison (canon in which the imitation ...
canon à la dixième – canon at the tenth (canon in which the imitation b...
canon à la neuvième – canon at the ninth (canon in which the imitation b...
canon à la quarte – canon at the fourth (canon in which the imitation ...
canon à la quinte – canon at the fifth (canon in which the imitation b...
canon à la seconde – canon at the second (canon in which the imitation ...
canon à la septième – canon at the seventh (canon in which the imitation...
canon à la sixte – canon at the sixth (canon in which the imitation b...
canon à la tierce – canon at the third (canon in which the imitation b...
canon en renversement – mirror canon (canon in which the imitation is an i...

Music scores that include canon:

Aleksey Stanchinsky: Canon-Preludes (1913‑14) Page 1
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture (1880) Page 2

French musical terms related to canon:

chace – hunt, chase...
fugue – fugue (contrapuntal composition in which a theme i...