Species Counterpoint Part 2: Melodic Fluency
Species Counterpoint Part 2: Melodic Fluency This video introduces the concept of melodic fluency, and teaches how to compose well-formed melodies in the style of a cantus firmus. For more about Melodic Fluency: Thomas Benjamin, The Craft of Modal Counterpoint, 2nd ed (New York: Routledge, 2007), 22-27. Thomas Benjamin, The Craft of Tonal Counterpoint, 2nd ed (New York: Routledge, 2003), 1-7. Walter Piston, Counterpoint (New York: Norton, 1947), 13-25. Heinrich Schenker, Counterpoint: A Translation of Kontrapunkt, bk. 1 (New York: Schirmer Books, 1987), 94-101. Arnold Schoenberg, Preliminary Exercises in Counterpoint (London: Faber & Faber, 1963), 6-9. Music: Somewhere Over the Rainbow - The Wizard of Oz (1/8) MOVIE CLIP (1939) HD • Somewhere Over the Rainbow - The Wizard of... Rachmaninoff: Vocalise Anna Moffo/Leopold Stokowski American Symphony Orchestra RCA Victor Red Seal • Anna Moffo: Rachmaninoff, 'Vocalise' Op. 3... #musictheory #musiccomposition #counterpoint

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