contrafacts

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A form of contrafact — A new musical composition built out of an already existing one, most often a new melody overlaid on a familiar harmonic structure. An important part of the development of bebop. Contrafacts are not to be confused with musical quotations, which borrow rhythms or melodies from an existing composition.

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Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of contrafact
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APA

contrafacts. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/contrafacts

MLA

“contrafacts.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/contrafacts. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “contrafacts,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/contrafacts.

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