voice exchange

noun

: 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 A♭, then the upper voice descends a semitone from A♭ to G.

—Joseph N. Straus, The Music of Ruth Crawford Seeger, 1995

called also part exchange

Word History

First Known Use

1949, in the meaning defined above

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