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Two-Part Counterpoint
18 Lessons-
StartIntroduction to 2-Part Counterpoint
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StartDealing with the Harmony
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Start2-Part Implied Harmony
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StartInversions of Chords
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StartThe Unison
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StartBach - Invention in C major
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StartThe Dominant 7th Chord
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StartTypes of Motion
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StartBach - Fugue in E minor
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StartConsecutive Perfect Intervals
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StartCadences
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StartDecorative Notes
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StartIndependent Parts
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StartElements of Independence
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StartThings to Avoid
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StartQuiz! Test on this section
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StartWriting 2-Part Counterpoint Part 1
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StartWriting 2-Part Counterpoint Part 2
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Practical Counterpoint
An in-depth look at counterpoint for up to 4 voices, including invertible counterpoint, fugue and implied harmony.
Learn to Write Counterpoint
in the Baroque/ Early Classical-style
An in-depth, accessible and practical course with a modern approach.
Feel confident composing your own contrapuntal music in a Baroque or Classical style, in up to four independent voices.
This course leads on from the Species Counterpoint course.
Course Summary
Learn what makes a single-line melody effective, so that you can apply those principles to multiple-voice writing.
Learn how two parts are combined in contrapuntal writing, then expand these principles out into writing three- and four-part music.
After studying this course you will be able to: Compose your own music in 2, 3 or 4 parts
Practice exercises are provided, and it is recommended that you work through as many as you can.
It is also important to listen to all the musical examples, including your own answers to the exercises.
It is also important to listen to all the musical examples, including your own answers to the exercises.
Step-by-step guidance making tricky concepts clear.
Accessible and practical, this course will open the door for you to more in-depth study of composition.
This course will give you a thorough preparation in part-writing, including:
→ revision of necessary music theory basics e.g. intervals
→ how to construct an effective single melodic line
→ vertical and horizontal harmony implications
→ adding a second part
→ adding a third and fourth part
Course length: c. 2 hours of video tutorials
PDF included: yes
Course validity: 1 year from date of purchase
Some of the topics you will become confident in are:
→ combining multiple parts
→ contrapuntal devices
→ decoration
→ invertible counterpoint
→ the basics of writing fugues
Course Contents
Victoria Williams
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