Counterpoint

[Craken]

What is the basis of counterpoint, im not quite sure i understand it. Discuss!

[SA Rios]

One or more melodies added above or below an existing melody.

[zachoff]

Jane, you ignorant slut!

[Fran da Man]

counterpoint: The sounding together of two or more separate parts of rhythmic and melodic independence, in harmony. Invertible counterpoint occurs when any one melody strand can exchange its position for another (e.g. the bass becomes treble). Between two parts, this is called double counterpoint.

 

Counterpoint - The technique of combining single melodic lines or parts of equal importance

 

Counterpoint: The combination of two or more melodic lines played against one another. A horizontal structure built upon competing melodic lines, rather than a chordal setting.

 

The art of combining two or more melodies to be performed simultaneously and musically. In counterpoint, the melody is supported by another melody rather than by chords.

[Deville]

So those Alice In Chains tunes where it's tough to distinguish which part in the vocal is the melody and which one is the harmony would be an example of counterpoint?

[LeBraniac]

The pedagogy of counterpoint is often a confused mix of style and method. Most approaches limit themselves more or less closely to one style, making some attempt at graduated exercises, often derived from the species method of Fux.

 

Fux

[megadan]

I've also heard people use the phrase "contary motion", my understanding of it is that you play a melody, say, an ascending minor scale on your bass, while the guitarist plays a descending scale, perhaps ending on the root octave, or the 2nd/9th, or whatever. That's just an example.

But try it some time, one person plays a scale up, the other down, that's the easiest way to hear it. It can also be much more complex, as attested to by this thread. See: classical music

[ezstep]

Originally posted by zachoff Jane, you ignorant slut!

 

:D

 

Classic counterpoint!