Skip to content
View in the app

A better way to browse. Learn more.

Young Composers Music Forum

A full-screen app on your home screen with push notifications, badges and more.

To install this app on iOS and iPadOS
  1. Tap the Share icon in Safari
  2. Scroll the menu and tap Add to Home Screen.
  3. Tap Add in the top-right corner.
To install this app on Android
  1. Tap the 3-dot menu (⋮) in the top-right corner of the browser.
  2. Tap Add to Home screen or Install app.
  3. Confirm by tapping Install.

Counterpoint Help

Featured Replies

Hello,

I just wrote fifth species counterpoint and would love for someone to look it over for me. I did my best to follow the rules but want to double check. I am not done but am close to being done. I just want to make sure i've done it correctly and if you have any tips to finish or fix mistakes.

Thanks
Dylan

https://imgur.com/a/mfGbuul

 

Lots of 4ths. Not wrong most of the time, but be careful; in Fux's time, emphasizing the fourth via 5-4 suspension is an accented dissonance without proper preparation.
Leaps should be followed by stepwise motion in the opposite direction (i.e. mm. 7-8).
Leaping away from a dissonance is also not the best (i.e. m. 5).

Yes, you should avoid 4ths in strong positions as in measure 4   A - D at the beginning.

I find this methods tiresome and useless (Fux or whatever of those ages). Yes, you need to have some concepts very clear: consonant intervals, dissonant intervals, chord tones and non-chord tones. And focus on that and motive manipulation.

Join the conversation

You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.

Guest
Unfortunately, your content contains terms that we do not allow. Please edit your content to remove the highlighted words below.
Reply to this topic...

Account

Navigation

Search

Search

Configure browser push notifications

Chrome (Android)
  1. Tap the lock icon next to the address bar.
  2. Tap Permissions → Notifications.
  3. Adjust your preference.
Chrome (Desktop)
  1. Click the padlock icon in the address bar.
  2. Select Site settings.
  3. Find Notifications and adjust your preference.