Composer Chris Bailer outlines tonal counterpoint using examples from Mozart and Haydn.
Read a concise encyclopedic definition of musical counterpoint and the history of its composition and teaching.
Implemented in counterpoint, imitation occurs when one motive of a musical piece appears similarly in more than one voice. Read a brief history.
Explains the differences between counterpoint and harmony, providing sound clips from Bach and Haydn.
Look over a handout prepared to illustrate how contrapuntal operations generate variations of a prime motive.
Read about this longstanding technique of generating new ideas from older ones, and download a few musical samples.
Counterpoint Companion allows users to create animated graphs of fugues and inventions to illustrate the various voices in such pieces.