The Composer's Path → Module 3 of 9
Counterpoint
Independent lines, from species exercises over an ostinato to interlocking guitars and micropolyphony.
Foundations of counterpoint for guitars, bass, and piano: species over an ostinato
Species counterpoint written over an ostinato you would actually play.
2 weeks L13Bach's Inventions against interlocking guitars
King Crimson, Polyphia, Chon, and Radiohead's layered arpeggios.
2 weeks L14Fugue thinking in a band
Subject, answer, and countersubject in a riff idiom, for guitar and piano.
2 weeks L15Rhythmic counterpoint: the riff against the kit
A riff against 4/4 drums as two-voice polyphony in the time domain.
2 weeks L16Counterpoint beyond Bach: gesture, mass, and the line you never play
Dissonant counterpoint, micropolyphony, and cluster writing for piano.
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