Uncover music’s underlying structures, learn the principles of composition, and enrich your understanding of any music style. This course offers a deep dive into contrapuntal works, enhancing your listening and composing skills.
Audiation and Counterpoint: By developing your audiation skills, you’ll be able to mentally hear and understand the intricate interplay of independent musical lines. This ability is crucial for mastering counterpoint, as it allows you to internalize and create complex musical textures with ease.
Experience the relevance of yesterday’s music today and elevate your musical abilities to new heights.
Counterpoint is the art of combining melodies. It’s a fundamental technique in music composition that has been used by composers for centuries. By studying counterpoint, you can gain a deeper understanding of how music works and enhance your own compositional skills.
Studying counterpoint can reveal the underlying structures in music. No matter the style of music you love, counterpoint can teach you about the inner workings of music and reveal music composition’s basic principles and process. Composers, performers, and musicians will learn to hear and compose contrapuntal works. Listen more deeply, compose more richly, and learn why the music of yesterday is still relevant today.
This course offers a comprehensive study of counterpoint. Originally designed for my undergraduate and graduate students at the university, it has now been adapted for a wider audience. While the course includes a basic review video that gives an overview of counterpoint, the main content goes much deeper, providing a thorough understanding of contrapuntal works and techniques.
In this course, you will:
Understand the principles of counterpoint
Learn to analyze contrapuntal works
Develop skills to compose your own contrapuntal music
Gain a deeper appreciation for music of all styles
This course is suitable for anyone interested in music, from beginners to advanced musicians. Whether you’re a composer, performer, music student, or just a music lover, this course will enrich your understanding and enjoyment of music.
Join us on this exciting journey and see your understanding of music transform!
This course is designed for committed musicians. To fully benefit from this course, you should possess:
The ability to read and write music using standard notation.
An understanding of scales, intervals, and chords.
Proficiency in playing at least one instrument.
Basic aural skills to identify chords and intervals by ear.
The ability to vocalize or hum a written melody.
In summary, a foundational understanding of music is required. If you’re not there yet, consider starting with my book, ‘The Staff Speaks’, which provides a comprehensive guide to understanding musical notation and the language of music.
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