Unfolding (music)

Unfolding (music)
Unfolding: outlining thirds through skipping between the upper and lower notes About this sound Play .

In Schenkerian analysis and music, unfolding (German: Ausfaltung) or compound melody is the implication of more than one melody by a single voice through skipping back and forth between the notes of the two melodies. See: monophony, polyphony, and counterpoint.