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  • Counterpoint History and Species Explained

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    General – Idea is to Insert Lines (Bass Lines + Counterpoint Lines) on Strict Rules that Sound “Good” – Generally Counterpoint is Based on a Bass Line and One or More Counterpoint Lines – Bass Line is also Called “Fixed Melody” e.g. Cantus Firmus – Notice that Counterpoint is Towards Consonance (and some Dissonance)  –…

  • Counterpoint Review and Modern Approach

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    General – a Teacher named Johan Fux evolved the Theory called “Species” Counterpoint to Speed Up the Understanding and Writing of Counter Voices – Counterpoint is basically how different Melodies are related to one another at the same Time independent in Contour and Rhythm  – in Modern and EDM Music we could use Term of…

  • Counterpoint Deeper into Composition

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    Counterpoint Overview – Counterpoint is the Way to Control All of that in Relation to One Another, so you Need at Least 2 Lines (Voices) to Do Counterpoint – it is Based on Rules that Tell you What Sounds Good, in a Very Traditional Sense – if you Follow the Rules 100% the Result is…

  • Music Theory Lessons Level 1

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    General – Black Notes are nothing Special, just 5 more Keys/Pitches  – Going down the Piano we call Flats (named by the very next right Key with a “b”)  – Going up the Piano we call Sharps (named by the very next left Key with a “#”) – Scales have usually 7 Keys that included…

  • Music Theory Lessons Level 2

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    Review Level 1 – practice simple Major and Minor Melodies (e.g. ‚good morning to all‘ in D and then in all Keys) – start in Sharp, e.g. Major (via C) and then Flat Majors (via F) “Blocks” in Music 1) Top = Melody  2) Supported by Chords in the Middle 3) Beneath all is the…

  • Motivic Development in Minimalist Music

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    General – Minimalist Music is Music that works with Limited or Minimal Material and often with Repetitive Structures – it is Not about Voice Leading, Going from C to F or Chord x to Chord x – means as Orchestrators you need to Expand by Using different Planes of Tone and Shifting Instrumentation, as well…

  • Repetition and Variation

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    Repetition – Music Takes Place in Time, but Repetition Beguilingly Makes it Knowable in the Way of something Outside of Time – thus Repetition Enables us to Look at a Passage as a Whole, even while it´s Progressing Moment by Moment – A Different Way of Inhabiting a Passage, a Different Kind of Orientation Critical…