# contrafact

> musical work based on a prior work. In jazz, a contrafact is a musical composition consisting of a new melody overlaid on a familiar harmonic structure.

**Wikidata**: [Q23817390](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q23817390)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contrafact)  
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