# Table canon

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A '''Table canon''' is a [retrograde](/source/Retrograde_canon) and [inverse canon](/source/Mirror_canon) meant to be placed on a table in between two musicians, who both read the same line of music in opposite directions. As both parts are included in each single line, a second line is not needed. [Bach](/source/Johann_Sebastian_Bach)'s ''[The Musical Offering](/source/The_Musical_Offering)'' contains a table canon.<ref>{{cite book |title=The Craft of Tonal Counterpoint |last=Benjamin |first=Thomas |year=2003 |publisher=Routledge |location=New York |isbn=0-415-94391-4 |page=120 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Nkka1FYg2YYC&pg=PA120 |accessdate=14 April 2011}}</ref>

==See also==
*[Mirror canon](/source/Mirror_canon)
*[Crab canon](/source/Crab_canon)

==References==
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Category:Polyphonic form
Category:Canon (music)

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