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Secondary voice β the second most important melodic line. Marked with the symbol πͺ in Schoenberg and the Second Viennese School.
Nebenstimme identifies the secondary melody β less prominent than the Hauptstimme but still important to the texture. It should be audible but not compete with the principal voice.
Berg's Violin Concerto β Hauptstimme and Nebenstimme markings throughout clarify the hierarchy of melodic lines in the dense orchestral texture.
Nebenstimme is one of 228 terms in the Gradus musical dictionary, where every definition is written around how composers actually use the word.
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