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The idea of a canon is that one single theme is played against itself

This is done by having copies of the theme played by the various participating

voices

But there are many ways to do this

The most straightforward of all canons is the round

Such as «Three Blind Mice», «Row, Row, Row Your Boat», or «Frère Jacques»

Here, the theme enters in the first voice and after a fixed time delay a copy

of it enters in precisely the same key

After the same fixed time delay in the second voice, the third voice enters

carrying the theme, and so on

Most themes will not harmonize with themselves in this way

In order for a theme to work as a canon theme, each of its notes must be able

to serve in a dual or a triple or a quadruple role

It must firstly be part of a melody, and secondly it must be part of a

harmonization of the same melody

When the three canonical voices, for instance, each note of the theme must act

in two distinct harmonic ways, as well as melodically

Thus, each note in the canon has more than one musical meaning

The listener’s ear and brain automatically figure out the appropriate meaning

by referring to context

The idea of a canon is that one single theme is played against itself

This is done by having copies of the theme played by the various participating

voices

(The idea of a canon is that one single theme is played against itself)

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