Meaning of hocket | Babel Free

Definitions

1. In medieval music, a rhythmic linear technique using the alternation of notes, pitches, or chords. A single melody is shared between two (or occasionally more) voices such that alternately one voice sounds while the other rests.
   countable, uncountable
2. A narrow passageway or opening between buildings, typically designed to facilitate access or movement between separate architectural structures.
   countable, uncountable
3. Any small gap or opening; often used to describe a narrow space that allows for movement or connection between two areas.
   countable, uncountable

Examples

“Hocket is a contrapuntal technique described by the early fourteenth-century Walter Odington as "A truncation … made over the tenor … in such a way that one voice is always silent while the other sings."”

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