Time Travel in Music: Rounds and Fugues
Our last two blog posts looked at how two or more distinct melodies can be juxtaposed in counterpoint. But it
Read MoreOur last two blog posts looked at how two or more distinct melodies can be juxtaposed in counterpoint. But it
Read MoreWe saw in the last blog post how the melody “Puff the Magic Dragon” fits neatly in counterpoint with the
Read MoreMost tonal pieces start in the “home key” — the “tonic,” as musicians call it — and return to it
Read MoreI related the “Seven Plus or Minus Two” principle to pitches and harmonic centers in an earlier post to this
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