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voice exchange

noun

Definition of voice exchange

: the simultaneous exchange of musical phrases between two or more voices or parts First, there is a voice exchange: the lower voice moves up a semitone from G to Aâ™­, then the upper voice descends a semitone from Aâ™­ to G.— Joseph N. Straus, The Music of Ruth Crawford Seeger, 1995

— called also part exchange

First Known Use of voice exchange

1949, in the meaning defined above

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