Crab canon

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An example of a crab canon.[1] Playⓘ
Requiescat Infini, an example of a crab canon (musical palindrome) composition.

A crab canon (also known by the Latin form of the name, canon cancrizans; as well as retrograde canon, canon per recte et retro or canon per rectus et inversus)

inversion
by having one player turn the music upside down.

See also

Sources

  1. ^ Riemann, Hugo (1904). Text-book of simple and double counterpoint including imitation or canon, p.185. Breitkopf & Härtel.
  2. ISBN 0-19-869162-9
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