PUTTING YOUR EMOTIONS INTO MUSIC
HARMONY AND COUNTERPOINT
«Starting from the treatises on harmony, a so-called strict composition has been taught which, although it will never be composition itself, has served excellently in examinations»
Diether de la Motte
«A chord, a cadence or any other harmonic event cannot have the same meaning in two different composers or styles, even if its external appearance is apparently the same»
Juan José Olives
CONTENTS:
PRE-HARMONY:
If the student does not know or needs to refresh concepts such as Scales, Armors, Intervals, Major and Minor Chord, basic baroque and modern cipher, we would see them in Pre-Harmony.
The approximate duration of Pre-Harmony could be 8 lessons depending on the prior knowledge of the student.
HARMONY:
- Four-part chords
- Types of harmonic movements – Oblique, opposite, parallel, direct
- Desired, semi-desired and unwanted ranges
- Dissonances and their melodic tendencies
- Voice conduction – 4-voice chords in motion
- Typical uses of sixth and sixth fourth chords
- 7 chords
- Musical plot & nbsp; – T, SD, D
- Modes
- Mixed Scales and Loan Chords
- Other scales
- Cadences
- Secondary Dominant
- Modulation
- Figuration
The approximate duration of Harmony is usually & nbsp; 22 classes.
COUNTERPOINT:
- Strange Notes
- Concept of Independence
- Contrapuntal textures
- Imitative resources
The approximate duration of Counterpoint is usually & nbsp; 8 classes.
The classes are developed via Skype for videoconferencing and we use Teamviewer to share our desktops. I also use other tools, such as a Surface whiteboard using Onenote , Staffpad and Reflector a webcam that shows every detail of my hands on my digital piano and from Cubase to load libraries, record MIDI, make annotations in the Score Editor, etc …
If you need more information, do not hesitate to contact contact with me.
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