The Suspension Chain in Fourth Species Is Allowed to Break
A student sent me a screenshot after lecture four, circling four bars of tied notes and asking a fair question: do you keep this pattern going for th…
Counterpoint
A Note That Refuses to Move Creates the Tension Every Cadence Depends On
A Suspension Is Three Events Across Three Beats, Not One Tense Moment Most of the students who send me counterpoint make the same mistakes. They wri…
Counterpoint Is How Independent Melodies Learn to Agree
If you want to learn more about the history and theory of polyphonic music, consider writing your own cantus firmus composition. A cantus firmus is a…