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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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Question on the definition of a dissonant passing/neighbor tone?
I am currently trying to teach myself counterpoint following Jacob Gran's videos. When I was analyzing my exercises today, I thought of this question. If the first two notes of a dissonant neighbor(or ...
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How to differentiate countermelody from arpeggiated accompaniment?
I wonder what would be the main difference between arpeggiated accompaniment and counter melody.
Could it be the rule that an arpeggiated accompaniment would be more repetitive (because it consists ...
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Kinetic Rhythm in Pop Music
This is something I've noticed that I don't hear anyone really talking about...
Essentially it's the way that separate rhythmic elements of most pop songs interact in a kinetic way with one another. ...
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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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