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In Organum and Species Counterpoint why is one of the voices always in whole notes?
Edit: It was pointed out to me that counterpoint spawned from the Organum style of music. For more context, here’s information from two sources I just read. “Two styles of Organum existed during this ...
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Why is this augmented 4th bad ? 16th century counterpoint
I'm studying 16th century counterpoint.
My book says, when writing a melody for second species, augmented 4th or augmented 5th shouldn't occur between strong beat and a strong beat.
But this is not ...
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Is consecutive 8’s on resolving the 7s in the weak beat against the rules ? 16th century counterpoint 3part 2nd and 4th species fusion
This is my exercise on 3part 2nd and 4th species fusion 16 century counterpoint.
Is consecutive 8’s on resolving the 7s in the weak beat against the rules ?
(At measure 5,6 between the soprano and ...
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Are certain 4 part writing rules contradictory?
I am told that I cannot double the 3rd when constructing a 4 part triad but at the same time I am told that the only note that can be omitted is the 5th. So in a triad, if I omit the 5th, then all I ...
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Gradus ad parnassum: what does "seven must be set with third" mean?
So I came around this example in Fux's Gradus ad Parnassum (p.98)
The purple dot marks bar 6. Joseph considers it an error, as explained here:
What does "the seventh must be set with the third" ...
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Are consecutive 3rds allowed in harmony?
In harmony, is it okay if there are consecutive 3rds in ii-V progression in two different bars?
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Counter-example of counterpoint technique?
I'm trying to fully understand the concept that "Counterpoint" entails... but I can't seem to think any situation in which a counterpoint is not present on a song/piece/whatever.
If counterpoint is ...
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Can you remove harmony from counterpoint?
For example, two melodies at once but one melody is only on the on beats while the other is only on the off beats, does this remove the harmony from counterpoint?
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Why do I need to learn counterpoint if I know harmony?
When I search for differences between harmony and counterpoint I usually read that in the end there's harmony in counterpoint.
Can't I learn just harmony and get the same results ?
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Accidentals in First Species Counterpoint
On page 39 of Alfred Mann's The Study of Counterpoint there is a passage concerning justification of using accidentals in first species counterpoint.
Here is the passage:
Aloys: [...]but why did you ...
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How is counterpoint different from harmony?
Harmony is a kind of second sound you hear. Counterpoint is also the second sound you hear.
Aside from technical differentiation, how can you by ear differentiate these two concepts. Is it possible ...
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Is there any real difference between Counterpoint and Polyphony?
From what I understand, they both kind of refer to the same thing. Why the need for 2 terms?
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