Canon musical in which the entry of the various voices is not done with same the vitesse.
Enough widespread with the Rebirth (at Johannes Ockeghem in particular), it disappears then to remake surface in second half of the 20th century at György Ligeti, Conlon Nancarrow, and Arvo Pärt, in particular.

Principle of operation of the gun of proportion:

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