Questions tagged [counterpoint]
Questions relating to the uses, history, types, or analysis of counterpoint.
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How to use counterpoint to write melodies over chords
In counterpoint pedagogy harmonic dissonance and consonance is taught with one note as the "Cantus Firmus" against one or more other notes. How does this knowledge of consonance or ...
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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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Interval analysis, augmented 5th or a 6th?
I am doing interval analysis as I am writing a countersubject(working on the harmony for it right now). But I have a bit of trouble here. I have 3 note choices for any given quarter note. The spot I ...
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