- In music, a canon is a contrapuntal (counterpoint-based) compositional technique that employs a melody with one or more imitations of the melody played after a given duration (e.g., quarter rest, one measure, etc.). The initial melody is called the leader (or dux), while the imitative melody, which is played in a different voice, is called the follower (or comes). The follower must imitate the leader, either as an exact replication of its rhythms and intervals or some transformation thereof. Repeating canons in which all voices are musically identical are called rounds—familiar singalong versions of “Row, Row, Row Your Boat” and “Frère Jacques” that call for each successive group of voices to begin the same song a bar or two after the previous group began are popular examples.
- Bald Eagle Wildlife Area Unit (wdfw.wa.gov)
The Bald Eagle Unit is accessible ONLY by boat. It consists of 603 acres of undisturbed mature forested habitat that occurs in several parcels along the south bank of the Skagit River and the east and west banks of the Sauk River (confluence of the two rivers). The unit was acquired by the Department of Game in 1975-76 with the assistance of The Nature Conservancy for the conservation and protection of bald eagle winter habitat and roost sites.