For many cultures, dance and music define each other, mcmains wonders if a dancer is actually dancing mambo if the music is samba. can you dance hip-hop to country music? Could you go to a club and dance to classical music?

answer/// priests singing psalms and the congregation singing responses;

the answer is counterpoint.

counterpoint definition: "the art or technique of playing a melody or melodies in conjunction with another, according to fixed rules."

counterpoint is present in a lot of baroque music- such as bach (notably his wtc prelude and fugues) and scarlatti, but can also be found in music by mozart, beethoven. it can even be found in music as modern as john williams!