dux
Definition of the Latin term dux in music:
- leader, chief
- leading voice of a fugue or canon
Language
Latin
Singular
dux
Plural
duces
Related terms
Latin musical terms related to dux:
- canon – canon (piece of music in which an initial melody i...
- comes – comes, countersubject (the imitating voice of a fu...
- fuga – fugue (contrapuntal composition in which a theme i...
- resolutio – resolution (answer to a canon)
- rondellus – rondeau (one of the three "formes fixes" of poetry...
- rota – perpetual canon, round...