counterpoint - lesson 3: two parts, 1st species

[MortiCarthago]

Hahaha, thank goodness you made that mistake, that was a truly instructive mistake - I always was wondering what went wrong when I was following the rules of counterpoint and didn't realize about tritones! Thanks so much.

[Brandawg94]

Love these videos. Really going to help with my music theory class :)

[arseniyonline1234555]

grrr whole notes boring zzzz, moments later, wow that sounds good!

[fetacheese900]

Must the voice which is contrapuntal to the cantus firmus follow the rule that any interval (greater than a second) between adjacent notes must be retraced, step by step back to the beginning note? Wonderful video by the way!

[DJMelancholicAngel]

@fetacheese900 It generally sounds better.I think you could get away with thirds or fourths though. You could also try something like "My Chemical Romance-Welcome to the Black Parade" and start on a large interval, and use an even larger interval to go back down. In the case of that song, it starts on G, goes to G flat, B, and then E. This effective "semitone, third, fifth" motion continues for a bit.

It's just something to think about. You don't need to return to tonic, just a few steps back.

[ZioDjlan]

Ciao, nel Dubois le legature non vengono utilizzate in questa specie per cui ad ogni battuta c'è il cambio della nota.

Hello, in Dubois the ties are not used in this species for which there is a change to each bar of the note.

[tofusauce]

thank you so much <3

[C0L050]

I have a dude Mmm Never should repeat 2 times 3rds 5ths 8ths and never A Fith and in a next measure an Octave or viceversa right?

[M3sslah]

Counter point is so lovely, appreciate your videos alot, think I already responded but I saw this again and it's still awesome. =)

[Tobbe999999999999999]

really intressting and helpfull. thanks you very much.

[jollykap]

How is it a tritone at 6:20?

[alreadytakenthe3rd]

@jollykap Going between an F and a B is a tritone. I thought he made that very clear.

[pmac24]

@alreadytakenthe3rd I'm pretty sure he was just confused by the fact that the leap is from one line to another.

[pmac24]

@jollykap Good question. It appears confusing at first because the interval is actually a fifth if you're looking at vertically (E in the bass, B on top). But remember both lines are in the treble clef so the pitches are right next to each other. The previous note to the E of the bottom is an F. This causes a leap of an F to a B (the note on the top staff) which is a tritone. Good question, it confused me for a moment also.

[jollykap]

@pmac24 Thnk u very much.

[M3sslah]

Hey, thanks alot for the videos man, very niiiiice, related to Borat? =) Well anyway, I was wondering when you do the 10th intervall that is allowed, and how much is allowed then, I mean first we went only to an octave but in this video you are about to go to a 10th. Is it allowed to go 12, 13 and so on, except when you reach the triton and 7th again?, so that would be the intervall of 11 and 14 and so on?

[newFranzFerencLiszt]

e comq a 8:50 io (che non so niente) avrei lasciato il mi legato fino alla fine!

[newFranzFerencLiszt]

voglio imparare a scrivere fughe come bach!!!!!!!! :((((((

[mylesbrownjams]

VERY NICE!!!!!!!

[reacharoundamerica]

These are great!

[tuttototaro]

Bravissimo! Complimenti! Sarebbe veramente eccezionale se facessi lo stesso lavoro in italiano.... una vera chicca!

Ciao Andrea

[artofcounterpoint]

@tuttototaro grazie! Non credo che le farò anche in italiano, comunque il mio inglese è piuttosto elementare - come il mio contrappunto ;)

[Wally773MTG]

thank you very much, I am doing my best to learn but I have no teacher. I read fux and other websites but you have some details that are worded differently. Always good to get a different perspective, and to hear and watch someone explain it rather than just read a "rule" and a static example.

[artofcounterpoint]

@Wally773MTG Thank you!

[woodencardboard]

Thank you. You are doing good work.

[EoFproductions]

Thanks a lot for making these videos. Do you think you can include a list of termonology in the describtions?

[artofcounterpoint]

@EoFproductions you mean adding a video about terminology?

[baglamsist]

You are good man God bless you, you truly do make a difference.

[hairlessdog101]

thanks im a guitar player and this will help my writeing its been a vague subject

[YellowCakeKid]

i LOVE how you say "sixth" haha

but this is proof that music transcends language :)

[artofcounterpoint]

@YellowCakeKid sixth is such a difficult word to pronounce!

[e30brian]

thanks for posting these lessons, they taught me more than all the other 1000 music lesson vids that only cover 145 251 and pentatonic scales

[artofcounterpoint]

@e30brian thank you, comments like yours are the reason why I posted these lessons