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@PeterthePapercomPoser Hello Interesting topic. For a long time I have studied "music" in a disjointed way, trying to put the elements together (harmony, counterpoint, etc....). But when a couple of years ago, I started to review Music from a chronological perspective, it opened my mind. EVERYTHING leaves a great legacy in later movements or styles, although many times they are very blurred or modified. The transition from modal and monophonic Medieval to polyphony and the beginnings of tonal harmony in the late Renaissance is a very long and fascinating transition. The Baroque fully established functional tonal harmony and counterpoint, and all subsequent styles were influenced by it. Romanticism is full of Baroque, Gallant style and Renaissance resources, but with one or more twists. Even atonality was based on counterpoint and other ancient issues. On the other hand, I'm glad you noted the importance of schemata. After I studied that very important book, I went on to do much more research and discovered many other schemata: prinner, bergamasca, hearzt, lully, corelli's leapfrog, pulcinella, etc, etc, etc.... I even described some new schemata myself, such as Le Temps. All these patterns are alive in today's pop music.

I have to post this now because I need time to collect submissions, then create the video. The rules for this challenge are VERY simple: This is not a "Music Jotter" challenge. Use your usual software. Any instrumentation. Length of piece doesn't matter. Just keep in mind for those who write long pieces, I can't audition the entire 20 minute piece 😅 Create something that reminds us of Halloween. This goes up on YouTube! I might rank the pieces from least scary to most scary, or least Halloween-like to most Halloween-like. Or, I might just talk about what elements make up this type of atmosphere. It depends on the types of submissions I get! Due Date: October 1, 2024

I will certainly participate in this with my future"Distorted Thought 5". I will make it as scary and uncanny as possible. It will be a 5-6 minutes piano piece and I will provide you a recording. Thanks for organizing this.

Actually, the first time I heard about Galant schema is on this website, probably some discussion with @Luis Hernández. I then used my local community college's online library resources to be able to access a PDF of Gjerdingen's Music in the Galant Style which outlines the most common schema. I actually made this chance spinner on pickerwheel.com which you can use to randomly select a series of Galant schema: Oh yes! I forgot that there used to be a YCF member who was training his daughter in Galant schema and how to improvise in the galant style. They told me that my Bourree in F minor used the La Folia schema and that was the first time anyone ever identified a Galant schema within any of my own music.

This is really interesting! It will change the way I understand classical and baroque periods for sure. Where did you learn about it?