musical scale pattern

[janny108]

I've heard various music patterns, I was listening to Saturn (Holst' Planets) and the first section of the piece has two themes with different instruments and they sound like they don't go together but it works. What is that called?
Jan

 

[NEB]

counterpoint?

 

[Rachmaninoff]

Yeah, counterpoint, probably.

 

[janny108]

What would using counterpoint serve?
Jan

 

[NEB]

Sorry - I'm not quite sure I understand the Question.

all about counterpoint here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Counterpoint

 

[janny108]

Thanks NEB, I understand it better.
Jan