Yesterday, I received a dear subscriber’s email asking tips about how to work on counterpoint music. He watched the video (below) that I made for self-counterpoint practice. I must say that counterpoint music is one of the more complex music forms in terms of composition and practice. The foundation to play/sing/compose counterpoint is ear training from my own experience. Being able to hear what is going on with one melody while trying to respond effectively and coherently is an immense task. I came up with a simple example in today’s post — using a folk melody from the Yao people as a motive, and then using strict canon first, then non-strict canon as the counterpoint parts. I have known the melody since I was a kid. This melody has been arranged to many versions such as solo guzheng, solo pipa, solo ruan, traditional Chinese ensemble and symphony orchestra etc. The Yao people are one of the ethnic minorities in China and reside in the mountainous terrain of the southwest and south.
#640 — Yao counterpoint 复调瑶族曲
#640 — Yao counterpoint 复调瑶族曲
#640 — Yao counterpoint 复调瑶族曲
Yesterday, I received a dear subscriber’s email asking tips about how to work on counterpoint music. He watched the video (below) that I made for self-counterpoint practice. I must say that counterpoint music is one of the more complex music forms in terms of composition and practice. The foundation to play/sing/compose counterpoint is ear training from my own experience. Being able to hear what is going on with one melody while trying to respond effectively and coherently is an immense task. I came up with a simple example in today’s post — using a folk melody from the Yao people as a motive, and then using strict canon first, then non-strict canon as the counterpoint parts. I have known the melody since I was a kid. This melody has been arranged to many versions such as solo guzheng, solo pipa, solo ruan, traditional Chinese ensemble and symphony orchestra etc. The Yao people are one of the ethnic minorities in China and reside in the mountainous terrain of the southwest and south.