Ever write a song liner-notes-first? My minor mission is the #madeupwords; my major mission is to write angular-sounding, but still serviceable, #counterpoint.

There are many approaches to contrapuntal music; I enjoy the challenge to follow the rules associated with baroque counterpoint. It's quite specific as regards which intervals are considered to be consonant when sounded together, and in the intervals used to approach and resolve non chord tones within a line.

Hence the Made-Up Words:

Perrigiatura. Approach by leap, resolve by step in the same direction. (Compare appogiatura, which is an approach by leap and resolution in the opposite direction of the leap.)

Niddscape tone. Approach by leap and resolve by leap back to the same note. (Compare escape tone, which is a more civilized, step followed by leap.) (This word is inspired by the Mornington Crescent players.)

ThruiF. The premise that a perfect 4th is consonant but a perfect 5th is dissonant.

CambiOTOH. Approach by step, proceed by 3rd in same direction, then resolve by step in the same direction. (Compare cambiata, which changes direction.)

Baroke. Counterpoint written using perrigiaturas, Niddscape tones, and cambiOTOH, with high THruiF and not using appogiaturas, escape tones, or cambiatas in the work.

Baraoke! This would happen if somebody took a Baroke instrumental and sang on top of it, to the amusement of their friends or anyone else in the bar.