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Originally Posted by eduardohans
Hi, everyone!
IMy doubts resides in these... I am focusing on 3 of WALTER PISTON's books - Harmony, Counterpoint and Orchestration, but now I come across a small doubt: is there an order I should respect when reading these books? I mean, should I take Harmony first, ...
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Yes, it will save you alot of frustration by doing harmony first. Orchestration aside - once you do harmony you will fit your counterpoint to it, and by it, if you choose to follow the "rules" of good harmony. Doing it the other way around is frustrating in my experience. That partly depends on the kind of music you enjoy - tonal/modal as opposed to atonal, serial etc.