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pianoperfmajor

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Canon Question

on: April 17, 2006, 08:01:23 AM

I have a test tomorrow and one of the review questions is:

"How does the every-day word “canon” relate to a musical canon? (Hint: Think historically)"

I don't have any idea what she's getting at here. Can anyone help?
Thanks.

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bernhard

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Re: Canon Question

Reply #1 on: April 17, 2006, 11:24:31 AM

Have a look here:

https://www2.nau.edu/~tas3/canonanatomy.html
https://www.answers.com/topic/canon
https://reference.allrefer.com/encyclopedia/C/canon-mus.html
https://onlinedictionary.datasegment.com/word/canonical
https://www.egtaguitarforum.org/ExtraArticles/Goss.html
https://encyclopedia.jrank.org/CAL_CAR/CANON.html

Best wishes,
Bernhard.

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