DarylGraves

Hey Peeps, I've brought a copy of "The Study of Counterpoint" and I'm slightly stuck on like, the third/fourth page... I fully understand everything so far up to what is Page 31 of my copy, here Joseph has been given the task of writing the counterpoint underneath a Cantus Firmus and I've got completely lost as to how he's doing it. It doesn't help that I can't actually read some of the numbers aswell because the print blotches. This is the example given: What I'm lost how you decide what the interval is... Let's take the fourth bar for example because 1 and 2 are Joseph's mess ups (bless him) and I can't actually read the Interval he's written in number 3 because it's either a 3, 5, 6, or 8. So, in the lower stave of bar 4, there's an F and then there's a D in the higher stave. So basing the interval from the Counterpoint Stave then we have a Major Sixth. But then, if you base the interval from the Cantus Firmus we have a Minor Third. This is where I get confused. What way should I be relating it to? It kinda depends on whether the interval is classed as Perfect or Imperfect. I understand that you're meant to go on the mode of the Cantus Firmus, does that mean I should just be treating the Cantus Firmus as the one that I start counting the interval from? Then I just get confused because he's written "10" instead of simplifying to a Third and stuff like that. Basically I just want to confirm I'm looking at this in the right way? Any help would be awesome! Cheers! Daryl :)

I got it now, cheers guys!

Hey, thanks for the reply but what's a macro-beat?

Hey everyone. I was looking at this Mozart Clippet and, to analyse the parts individually I was copying it all into Sibelius. The C with a line through it, I understand is Cut Time but how does that vary from 4/4? It sounds the excact same and when I wrote the piece into Sib I accidently left it in 4/4 but when I changed it to Cut-Time it didn't change the bars or anything. It's just stayed the same. Also, doing some research I found it means 2/2. But then, 2/2 is the same as 4/4 no? Because 2/2 has two minims per bar and so does 4/4, although it's measured by the 4 crotchets. What am I missing? Lol. Cheers! Daryl Edit: I was just thinking... Is it just to help determine the tempo of a piece? For instance, starting a piece in 4/4 and then, half way through, changing to cut time so the tempo has basically doubled?

I don't know if you can do it in the US but in the UK, we were told that once you've written your work, print it off or burn it to a disc and send it in the post to yourself but send it as "Recorded Delivery". This means that you have to sign for it to confirm you've recieved it and that the time and date is logged by the Postman. Then, what you do is never, ever open it unless you're taken to court or something. If you are taken to court, you can say "This is my music, it was sent to me on (insert date) and I recieved it on (Insert date and time). As you can see, it has never been opened, this means that the work in there was written before ____ ripped my music off." The guy above said it doesn't work well in Court but I dunno, I personally always thought it would be quite effective. Daryl

Hey! There's that film "Cloverfield" that has no music in it at all? Apart from maybe the credits. You could always buy that (probably already in the bargain bucket although I thought it was quite good), and then, if you want to put it into a DAW you can rip it to the PC? Hope that helps Daryl