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Inthislesson,wellbelearningimportantcontrapuntalmotionsthateveryseriousclassicalmusicianmustknow.
Warning:Thislessoniswrittenwithclassicallytrainedmusiciansinmind.However,itcanalsobeofhelptoanyonewhoisinterestedingainingaclassicalperspective
tothemovementofnotes.
Imawarethatavastmajorityofmusiciansreadingthishavelittleornoknowledgeofcontrapuntalmusic,therefore,permitmetostartbygivingyouabackgroundon
contrapuntalmusic.

WhatIsContrapuntalMusic?
Contrapuntalmusicisanimportantclassicalmusicstylethatfeaturestwoindependentnotespreferablyknownasvoices.Theseindividualvoices,consideredaspoints,
areplayedpointagainstpoint,creatingacounterpoint.
TheLatinwordforcounterpoint(whichisadescriptionoftheinteractionbetweenthevoices)iscontrapunctumwhichliterallymeanspointagainstpoint.Anymusical
piecewritteninthecounterpointstylecanbesaidtobecontrapuntal.
Onceagain,contrapuntalmusicisaclassicalmusicstylethatfeaturesindependentvoices(mostlytwoorthree)andseveralclassicalworksinclassicalpianoliteratureare
contrapuntalfromBachInventions,toFurEliseandmanymore.
Itistruethatindependentmelodiesareagainsteachotherincontrapuntalmusic.However,theresaconjunctionbetweenthemelodiesandrelationshipsbasedoncertain
principleswhichwecantcoverinthislesson.
Yes!Thescopeofcontrapuntalmusiciswiderthanwhatwecanpossiblydiscussinthisshortlesson.So,wellproceedintolearningthepossiblewaysthevoicescan
moveduringacounterpoint.

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Attention
Therearefiveknownwaysvoicescanmoveincontrapuntalmusic,andtheyare
StaticMotion
ParallelMotion
SimilarMotion
ContraryMotion
ObliqueMotion
letsgoaheadandexplorethem.

StaticMotion
Instaticmotion,bothvoicesarestationary.
CheckOutTheStaticMotionBetweenTheseTwoVoices
CandC:

CandC:
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CandC:

CandC:

CandC:

Guessyousawhowstationarybothvoiceswerethroughouttheexcerpt.Playingandrepeatingexactlythesamevoicesonthekeyboardoverandovercreatesastatic
motion.
Alright!Weredonewiththat,letslookatothermotions.

ParallelMotion
Inparallelmotion,theresamovementbetweenthevoicesinthesamedirection,andmaintainingthesameinterval.
Therearetwothingstobemindfulofinparallelmotion:
Thesamedirection
Thesameinterval
Tocreateaparallelmotionbetweentwovoices,youmustdeterminetheinterval(ordistance)betweenthemandmovetheminthesamedirection(eitherinascendingor
descendingdirection.)
HeresAnExample
BeforecreatingaparallelmotionbetweenthevoicesCandA:

thefirstthingtodoistodeterminetheintervalbetweenthevoices.
Quicktip:TheintervalbetweenCandAisamajorsixth.
KnowingthattheintervalbetweenCandAisamajorsixth,wecancreateaparallelmotionbetweenbothvoicesbystickingtoamajorsixthintervalinthesame
directionwhetherascendingordescending.
HeresAnAscendingParallelMotionInWholeStepsStartingFromCA
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CandA:

DandB:

EandC#:

F#andD#:

G#andF:

HeresAnAscendingParallelMotionInHalfStepsStartingFromCA
CandA:

C#andA#:

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DandB:

EbandC:

EandC#:

Ihighlyrecommendthepracticeofparallelmotionusingvariousintervaltypesinascendinganddescendingdirectionstoallmystudents,youtoocantryitout.

SimilarMotion
Similarmotioninvolvesthemovementofvoicesinthesamedirection,justlikeintheparallelmotionbutunlikeintheparallelmotion,theintervalbetweenthevoices
canchange.
Forexample,themovementofvoicesfromEC:

toGD:

toGE:

toAF:

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andtoCG:

producesasimilarmotion.
Didyounoticethechangeintheintervals?
EC:

isaminorsixthinterval.
GD:

isaperfectfifthinterval.
GE:

isamajorsixthinterval.
AF:

isaminorsixthinterval.

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CG:

isalsoaperfectfifthinterval.
InANutshell
Saveforthefactthattheintervalbetweenthevoiceschangeinthesimilarmotion,theparallelandsimilarmotionsarerelated.

ContraryMotion
Contrarymotionisthemovementofvoicesinoppositedirection.Thecontrarymotionisoneofthemostimportantmotionsincontrapuntalmusic.
Studieshaveshownthatthestrengthandindependenceofvoicesincreasewhentheyareincontrarymotionwitheachother.Whenonevoiceascends,theotherdescends
andviceversa.
Averycommonexampleofcontrarymotionisthewarmupexerciseofplayingthenaturalmajorscaleincontrarymotion.
CheckItOut
CC:

BD:

AE:

GF:

FG:

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EA:

DB:

CC:

AndThenItBeginsToDescend
CC:

DB:

EA:

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GF:

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FG:

AE:

BD:

CC:

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CC:

BD:

AE:
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FG:

EA:

DB:

CC:

Letsroundupwiththeobliquemotion.

ObliqueMotion
Inobliquemotion,onevoiceisstaticwhiletheotheronemovesinanydirection(whetherascendingordescending.)
HeresAnObliqueMotionWithAStaticUpperVoice

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DC:

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CC:

EbC:

EC:

HeresABluesyOne
GbC:

FC:

EbC:

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HeresAnObliqueMotionWithAStaticLowerVoice

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CEb:

CE:

CG:

CA:

CC:

FinalWords
Imcertainyouenjoyedthislesson.Ialsobelievethatnowyouhavetheideaofthesefivedifferentcontrapuntalmotionsatyourdisposal,thatyoullbeabletoidentify
thesemotionswhenacontrapuntalpieceofmusicisplayed.
Ifyouhavequestionsorneedclarificationonanyofthemotionswestudiedinthislesson,kindlypostthemonthecommentsection.
Illseeyouinanotherlessonwherewellfurtherourdiscussiononcontrapuntalmusic.
Allthebest!

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