Lecture

Counterpoint: Combining Notes

Description

This lecture explores the historical development of counterpoint in Western music, focusing on the rules for combining multiple voices simultaneously. It covers the principles of polyphony, intervals, and sonance, using examples from Palestrina, Bach, Ligeti, and more. The instructor discusses the challenges of modeling polyphonic music and the importance of vertical and horizontal interval successions. The presentation delves into Fux's treatise 'Gradus ad parnassum' and the different species of Fuxian counterpoint, emphasizing the relationship between stable and unstable tones.

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