retrogression

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Definition

A device used by composers to make the chords of a composition move in the opposite direction from a normal progression.

See Also

[English] retrograde canon
[English] retrograde
[English] retrograde inversion
[English] retrograde motion
[German] Krebsgang
[Latin] cancrizans
[Latin] canon cancrizans

Last Updated: 2016-06-07 14:23:52