cannon-drum

East Indian tomtom. can’on (in F., k&-nén), can one (kino’-né), 7., G. Canon or Kanon (kai’-nén). The most rigid form of imitation, a subject (antecedent) being followed accurately by an answer (consequent); once the playground of musical ingenuity, all forms of complication being indulged in. A canon written out completely was full or aper’to. Often only the antecedent (or canon) was written out, the consequent (now called fug a or consequenza) being left to the performer’s skill; this was called close or chiuso (ki-00’-zo). If the entrances of the other parts were indicated by cabalistic signs, it was a riddle-canon (Rathsel-Kanon), or enigmatical or enigmatico. Canons were named by the interval between answer and antecedent and by the peas treatment as in Imitation q.v.). canonic hours. Vide Hor.