Baroque Counterpoint

Features + Benefits

• A foundation in harmony-Builds on four-part progression (as J.S. Bach did)-the only text on the market to do so.

  • Eases students' confusion by introducing harmony rather than two-part writing as a first concept.

• Abundant exercises-Includes short, easy exercises.

  • Ensures students' success by focusing on small problems that lay the groundwork for them to compose original pieces from scratch.

• Treatise evidence-Includes extensive quotations and examples from eighteenth- century writers.

  • Puts students in touch with the concerns of Baroque composers.

• "Strict" vs. "free"-Illustrates the Baroque theorists' distinction that remains pedagogically useful today.

  • Strict style gives students a solid foundation with a clear harmonic framework within which they can more easily compose complex music free style, with accented dissonance and chromaticism, is inroduced later.

• Informative appendices-Include Partimento Fugue, List of Fugue Subject Types from WTC, and Glossary.

  • Provide easy reference and valuable supplements.