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In [[music]], '''hocket''' is the [[rhythmic]] [[linear]] technique using the alternation of [[note (music)|notes]], [[pitch (music)|pitches]], or [[chord (music)|chord]]s. This is opposed to the alternation of phrases, or [[antiphony]]. In medieval practice of hocket, the [[melody]] in two voices moves (sometimes quickly) back-and-forth in such a manner that one voice is still while the other moves, and vice-versa.
In European music, hocket was used primarily in vocal music of the [[13th century|13th]] and early [[14th century|14th]] centuries. It was a predominant characteristic of music of the [[Notre Dame school]], during the [[ars antiqua]], in which it was found in sacred vocal music. In the 14th century, the device was most often found in secular vocal music.
[[Image:Hocket.png|thumb|center|550px|Example of hocket (''In seculum d'Amiens longum''), French, late 13th century. Observe the quick alternation of sung notes and rests between the upper two voices. While this example is textless, the hocket was usually done on a vowel sound.]]
The phrase originated from its use to describe medieval French [[motet]]s but is commonly used in [[contemporary music]] ([[Louis Andriessen]]'s ''[[Hoketus]]''), [[popular music]] ([[funk]], [[stereo panning]]), [[Music of Indonesia|Indonesian]] [[gamelan music]] (interlocking patterns shared between two [[musical instrument|instruments]] -- called [[imbal]] in [[Java (island)|Java]] and [[Kotekan]] in [[Bali]]), [[Andean music|Andean]] [[siku (panpipe)]] music (two pipe sets sharing the full number of pitches between them), and many African cultures such as the [[Ba-Benzélé]] (featured on [[Herbie Hancock]]'s "[[Watermelon Man (composition)|Watermelon Man]]", see [[Pygmy music]]), [[Mbuti]], [[Basarwa]] (Khoisan), and [[Gogo (culture)|Gogo]] (Tanzania).
English-style church [[Change ringing|bellringing]] is related to hocket, as each ringer is performing on a separate instrument.
==References==
* [http://www.mediamusicstudies.net/tagg/articles/epmow/hocket.html Tagg, Philip. ''Hocket'', Encyclopedia of Popular Music of the World]
* Musical example from ''Cent Motets du XIIIe Siècle'', vol. I, Paris, 1908, 64-65.
==See also==
* [[Louis Andriessen]]'s ''[[Hoketus]]''.
* [[Kecak]], Balinese performance piece also known as the Ramayana Monkey Chant.
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