Basic contrapuntal technique : An Introduction to Linear Style Trough Creative Writing

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Mills Musi, 1964 Description: 123 p. ; 27,5 cmSubject(s):
Contents:
Introduction -- Chapter 1. The contrapuntual melody -- Characteristics of Contrapuntual Melodies -- Melodic Contour -- The Motivic Beginning -- Chapter 2. The Unyfing Devices in Melodic Writing -- Motivic Variation -- Submotives -- Repetition -- The Sequence -- The Contribution of Rhythm to Melodic Design -- Unity in Rhytmmic Expression -- Accentual and Nonaccentual Agreement -- Chapter 3. The Harmonic Implications of Melodic Writing -- Harmonic Background -- Active and Inactive Tones -- Interaction of Contour, Rhythm, and Harmonic Background -- Chapter 4. The Fundamental Technique of Two-Part Writing -- Relative Motion -- Rhythmic Activity -- Register -- Timbre -- Consonance and Dissonance Defined -- Consecutive Fifths and Octaves -- The Harmonic Implications of Two-Part Writing -- Chord Progression -- Chord Determination -- The Cadence -- Harmonic Rhythm -- Consonant Intervals in Two-Part Writing -- General Principles in the Use of Consonance in Two-Part Writing -- Chapter 5. The Treatment of Dissonant Intervals in Two Part -- The Passing Tone -- The Suspension -- The Chain of Suspensions -- The Neighboring Tone -- The Anticipation -- The Escape Tone -- The Appoggiatura -- The Free Tone -- Ormanental Resolutions -- Chapter 6. The Process of Canonic Imitation -- Imitation at the Unison or Octave -- Imitation at the Fifth -- Imitation at Other Intervals -- The Tchnique of Writing Imitative Counterpoint -- -- Chapter 7. Pther Types of Canonic Imitation -- Imitation in Contrary Motion (Inversion) -- Retrograde Canon -- Canonic Imitation in Diminution -- Canonic Imitation in Augumentation -- Perpetual Canon -- Spiral Canon -- Enigma Canon -- Rounds -- Concluding Remarks on Imitative Counterpoint -- Chapter 8. Invertible Counterpoint -- Invertible Counter´point at the Octave -- Invertible Counterpoint at the Tenth -- Invertible Counterpoint at the Twelfth -- Summary of Rule Governig Invertible Counterpoint -- Chapter 9. Counterpoint in Three and Four Parts -- Counterpoint in Three Parts -- Doubling in Three Parts -- The Role of Voices in Three-Part Writing -- Texture -- Chapter 10. The Basic Elements of Form in Contrapuntual Music -- Inity and Contrast -- Organic and Structural Desing -- Consistency in Chord Relationship, Tonality, and Imitation -- The Three-Sectional Desing -- Index -- Index of Musical Examples
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Introduction -- Chapter 1. The contrapuntual melody -- Characteristics of Contrapuntual Melodies -- Melodic Contour -- The Motivic Beginning -- Chapter 2. The Unyfing Devices in Melodic Writing -- Motivic Variation -- Submotives -- Repetition -- The Sequence -- The Contribution of Rhythm to Melodic Design -- Unity in Rhytmmic Expression -- Accentual and Nonaccentual Agreement -- Chapter 3. The Harmonic Implications of Melodic Writing -- Harmonic Background -- Active and Inactive Tones -- Interaction of Contour, Rhythm, and Harmonic Background -- Chapter 4. The Fundamental Technique of Two-Part Writing -- Relative Motion -- Rhythmic Activity -- Register -- Timbre -- Consonance and Dissonance Defined -- Consecutive Fifths and Octaves -- The Harmonic Implications of Two-Part Writing -- Chord Progression -- Chord Determination -- The Cadence -- Harmonic Rhythm -- Consonant Intervals in Two-Part Writing -- General Principles in the Use of Consonance in Two-Part Writing -- Chapter 5. The Treatment of Dissonant Intervals in Two Part -- The Passing Tone -- The Suspension -- The Chain of Suspensions -- The Neighboring Tone -- The Anticipation -- The Escape Tone -- The Appoggiatura -- The Free Tone -- Ormanental Resolutions -- Chapter 6. The Process of Canonic Imitation -- Imitation at the Unison or Octave -- Imitation at the Fifth -- Imitation at Other Intervals -- The Tchnique of Writing Imitative Counterpoint -- -- Chapter 7. Pther Types of Canonic Imitation -- Imitation in Contrary Motion (Inversion) -- Retrograde Canon -- Canonic Imitation in Diminution -- Canonic Imitation in Augumentation -- Perpetual Canon -- Spiral Canon -- Enigma Canon -- Rounds -- Concluding Remarks on Imitative Counterpoint -- Chapter 8. Invertible Counterpoint -- Invertible Counter´point at the Octave -- Invertible Counterpoint at the Tenth -- Invertible Counterpoint at the Twelfth -- Summary of Rule Governig Invertible Counterpoint -- Chapter 9. Counterpoint in Three and Four Parts -- Counterpoint in Three Parts -- Doubling in Three Parts -- The Role of Voices in Three-Part Writing -- Texture -- Chapter 10. The Basic Elements of Form in Contrapuntual Music -- Inity and Contrast -- Organic and Structural Desing -- Consistency in Chord Relationship, Tonality, and Imitation -- The Three-Sectional Desing -- Index -- Index of Musical Examples