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Contrapuntal motion
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<p>In <a href="/facts/Music_theory/BoekvflP">music theory</a>, contrapuntal motion is the general <a href="/facts/Melodic_motion/z1s5dfgv">movement</a> of two or more <a href="/facts/Melody/5TR3IE3Y">melodic lines</a> with respect to each other. In traditional <a href="/facts/Four-part_harmony/9EjpzxvW">four-part harmony</a>, it is important that lines maintain their independence, an effect which can be achieved by the judicious use of the four types of contrapuntal motion: parallel motion, similar motion, contrary motion, and oblique motion. </p>