love of my life

[henrikhank]

I am learning Love of my life by Queen and one website https://www.queensongs.info/the-book/songwriting-analyses/no-synth-era/a-night-at-the-opera/love-of-my-life.html
wrote:
"The first two phrases feature contrapunction, including descending parallel-tenth motion combined with a pedal point (2nd and 5th measures) between the parallel moving lines."
What does that mean?

[nystul]

"Contrapunction" must be Pig Latin for counterpoint.  You have a couple melodic lines interacting with each other.  Now second measure of the intro, I think the right hand alternates between notes that descend and one note that keeps repeating.  Is that right?  The repeating note is the pedal point he refers to.  And parallel tenths are where the two lines move in the same direction and stay a tenth apart from one another.