Welcome & Overview
  • Overview
  • Tools we will use in this course
  • Update! MuseScore 3.0
  • [DOWNLOAD] Free Staff Paper
  • Asking Questions
  • Review Session: Major and Minor Scales
  • Review Session: Diatonic Chord Progressions
Modes (The Musical Modes, AKA The Church Modes)
  • Overview of Modes: New Harmonic Territory
  • How Modes Work
  • The History of Modes
  • The Ionian Mode
  • The Dorian Mode
  • The Phrygian Mode
  • The Lydian Mode
  • The Mixolydian Mode
  • The Aeolian Mode
  • The Locrian Mode
  • [DOWNLOAD] Worksheet No. 1
Using Modes
  • From Old to New Again: Modern Uses of Modes
  • Analysis: The Simpsons (TV Theme Song)
  • [DOWNLOAD] The Simpsons (TV Theme Song) Sheet Music
  • Analysis: Missa Pange Lingua (Choir)
  • [DOWNLOAD] Missa Pange Lingua (Choir) Sheet Music
  • Analysis: Eleanor Rigby (The Beatles)
  • [DOWNLOAD] Eleanor Rigby (The Beetles) Sheet Music
Deeper Into Intervals
  • Melodic Vs. Harmonic Intervals
  • Using Visual Landmarks to Quickly Identify Intervals
  • Compound and Simple Intervals
  • Major/Minor/Perfect Intervals
  • Rules for Inversions of Intervals
  • Summary of Intervals So Far
  • Augmented and Diminished Intervals
  • The Tritone
  • Enharmonic Equivalence
  • [DOWNLOAD] Worksheet No. 2
Consonance and Dissonance
  • Consonance and Dissonance in Intervals
  • Resolution
  • Interval Classes
  • Analyzing Intervals
  • [DOWNLOAD] Bach 2 Part Invention No. 8
  • [DOWNLOAD] Worksheet No. 3
Introduction to Counterpoint
  • What is Counterpoint?
  • The Different Species of Counterpoint
  • Connecting Melodic Intervals
  • First Species Counterpoint - Melodic Rules
  • Connecting Harmonic Intervals
  • The 4 Types of Contrapuntal Motion
  • [DOWNLOAD] Example Analysis Files
  • Parallel Fifths and Octaves
  • [DOWNLOAD] Worksheet No. 4
Writing Note-To-Note Counterpoint in Strict Style
  • The Beginning and The End
  • The Middle
  • The Riemenschneider
  • The Rules: All Wrapped Up
  • [DOWNLOAD] Worksheet No. 5
Part 4 Wrap Up
  • What Next?
  • Thats it for Part 4!
Welcome to Part 5!
  • Introduction to Part 5
  • Tools We Will Use
  • [DOWNLOAD] Staff Paper
  • Review: Modes
  • Review: First Species Counterpoint
Second Species Counterpoint
  • What's New In Second Species
  • Metric Accents and Diminutions
  • Resolutions
  • Second Species Counterpoint Rules Summary
Melodic Embellishment in Second Species Counterpoint
  • Passing Tones
  • Consonant Skips and Leaps
  • Neighbor Tones
  • [DOWNLOAD] Worksheet No. 1
Writing Second Species Counterpoint
  • First and Last Measures
  • The Melody Notes
  • Harmony
  • Summary and Tips
  • [DOWNLOAD] Worksheet No. 2
Third Species Counterpoint
  • Four-to-One Counterpoint
  • The Cambiata
  • Double Neighbor Tones
  • [DOWNLOAD] Worksheet No. 3
Fourth Species Counterpoint
  • Rhythmic Displacement
  • Suspensions
  • "Going Downhill"
  • 4-3 Suspensions
  • 7-6 Suspensions
  • 9-8 Suspensions
  • Consonant Suspensions