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jayhills49

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What were compositions created by writing new melodies to the harmonic structures of preexisting songs called?
 
  a) Killers
  b) Substitutions
  c) Contrafacts
  d) Moldy figs

Question 2

Polyrhythm can be defined as
 
  a. Multiple rhythms of different meter occurring simultaneously
  b. A repeated rhythmic pattern
  c. A complex rhythm pattern that occurs intermittently in a song
  d. Multiple rhythms of the same meter that occur sequentially in a song



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Answer to Question 1

c

Answer to Question 2

A



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