Counterpoint

Fall 2011 Syllabus

Counterpoint Supplemental Materials - 53 pages of exercises and music. Print this document before Tuesday, Aug. 30, and bring to every class throughout the semester.

Read and comment on the article Get Out of Your Music Box by Tuesday, Aug. 30

Read and comment on the article Minor Scales: Bach in Action by Tuesday, Sept. 6

Resources

Manuscript Paper
Air in F Major – Two-Voice Piece Exercise Solution
Air in F Minor – Two-Voice Piece Exercise Solution

 

Assignments

  1. Chorale Analysis
  2. Melody
  3. 1:1
  4. 2:1
  5. Chromaticism
  6. 3:1 Bicinium
  7. Canon
  8. Invertible Counterpoint
  9. 3-Voice Counterpoint
  10. Workbook pp. 57-58
  11. Fugue Subjects

Projects

Midterm: Two-Voice Piece

Final: Fugue Exposition

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