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Composing Counterpoint
Rating: 4.2 out of 5(65 ratings)
475 students

Composing Counterpoint

Learn to compose proper counterpoint in order to write like the classical masters or improve your pop/jazz arrangements.
Created byJan-Pieter Rooij
Last updated 6/2014
English
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What you'll learn

  • By the end of the course, you will be able to write flawless academic counterpoint in multiple parts and you will be able to use several neat counterpoint devices such as inversion and imitation.

Course content

3 sections • 10 lectures • 49m total length

  • Introduction5:26

    Explore how counterpoint weaves multiple melodic lines around a fixed bass melody to create consonances with some dissonances, guided by species rules for first and four species.

  • History Of Counterpoint6:33

    Trace the history of counterpoint from Gregorian chant origins through not Madame origanum, Renaissance imitation, Baroque mastery, and Romanticism, and see counterpoint in modern pop harmony.

Requirements

  • Should be able to read music notation

Description

There is one thing all great classical composers and jazz/pop arrangers have in common: they have a good working knowledge of counterpoint. In this course, you will learn everything you need to write proper, academic counterpoint. In addition, you'll learn some cool contrapuntal tricks like inversion and imitation.

This course is suitable for both complete beginners to composition and advanced musicians/composers who find they are lacking in counterpoint knowledge. The only prerequisite is that you should be able to read music notation. This course is particularly useful for pop/jazz musicians. In these genres, people with proper contrapuntal skills can be hard to come by, so by learning these skills you can put yourself apart from the crowd.

For almost every lecture, there will be one or more exercises. These exercises can be sent to the instructor in order to have them checked personally. (!) This is a rare feature for online courses. If you are currently following composition in university, this course can be a great help since it provides a clear overview of the topic and you can get your homework checked by the instructor before you hand it in.

Who this course is for:

  • The only prerequisite for this course is that you should be able to read music notation. This course is meant for composers and musicians in all genres who want to learn how to use counterpoint in their compositions.

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