Students today have grown up in the age of digital technology. As a result, they process information in radically different ways than preceding generations. They like their information fast and consider visual images as important as textual content. In Tonal Counterpoint for the 21st-Century Musician, Teresa Davidian finally provides students a textbook that is quick, direct, and visual-a direct reflection of the age in which they live. This book is easy to understand, comprehensive, and distinctly modern in its approach to the study of counterpoint. Written in a style that is clear, simple, and informal writing style, Davidian artfully mixes the history of counterpoint with an outline of its structure, placing musical examples from J. S. Bach side by side with those from The Beatles to illustrate the universality and currency of counterpoint in music analysis and composition. Designed as a single-semester introduction, Tonal Counterpoint brings the study of counterpoint into the present by: *Making ample use of diagrams and flow charts *Including helpful step-by-step prompt sheets for analyzing inventions and fugues *Placing just as much emphasis on the composition as on the analysis of counterpoint *Offering a broad array of musical examples, including the work of women composers, American songwriters, current students, and pop music composers Throughout, Davidian explains how the techniques of 18th-century contrapoint still readily apply to how music is composed today. Tonal Counterpoint for the 21st-Century Musician is ideal for students in the fields of music theory, composition, music history, and performance.
Preface Introduction 1: Melody General Characteristics Melodic Organization Putting It All Together Beyond the Rules Exercises 2: First Species - 1:1 General Characteristics Putting It All Together Conclusion Exercises 3: Second Species - 2:1 General Characteristics How to Construct 2:1 Conclusion Exercises 4: Third Species - 3:1 and 4:1 Three Notes Against One (3:1) Four Notes Against One (4:1) Rhythmic Interplay between the Lines Beyond Third Species Exercises 5: Analyzing and Composing a Simple Piece in Two Parts General Characteristics of Musical Form Analyzing Form Binary Form Composing a Binary-Form Piece Beyond Form and Analysis Exercises 6: Double Counterpoint General Remarks and Principles How to Construct Double Counterpoint Exercises 7: Two-part Canon General Remarks and Principles Common Canons How to Write a Two-Part Canon Canon Transformations Still More Canons Conclusion Exercises 8: J. S. Bach's Two-part Invention Analyzing Inventions Section 1 Section 2 Concluding Measures Overall Construction Composing Inventions Exercises 9: Counterpoint in Three and Four Parts Back to the Species General Characteristics The Difference between Harmony and Counterpoint How to Construct Species Counterpoint in Three Parts How to Construct Species Counterpoint in Four Parts Beyond Four-Part Counterpoint Exercises 10: Fugue Bach and the Fugue Section 1: Exposition Section 2: Development Final Portion Overall Construction Composing Fugues Exercises Bibliography Index
