Elementary 18th-19th Century CounterpointCopyright 2008 by Peter Lawrence Alexander

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Elementary 18th to 19th Century Counterpoint by Percy Goetschius, Revised by Peter Lawrence AlexanderCopyright NoticeTable of ContentsIntroductionChapter 1: The Single Melodic LineChapter 2: Wider LeapsChapter 3: Exceptional Progressions - Minor ModeChapter 4: The Combination of Two Melodic LinesChapter 5: The Minor ModeChapter 6: Exceptional IntervalsChapter 7: Rhythmic Diversity - Two Notes to a Given BeatChapter 8: ModulationsChapter 9: Three Notes To A BeatChapter 10: Syncopation, or Shifted RhythmChapter 11: The Tie, Continued, RestsChapter 12: Four Notes To A BeatChapter 13: Four Notes To A Beat, As Amplified FormsChapter 14: Diversity of Rhythmic MovementChapter 15: Motive Development ImitationChapter 16: Three-Part HarmonyChapter 17: Secondary ChordsChapter 18: With ModulationsChapter 19: Contrapuntal HarmonyChapter 20: Three-Part CounterpointChapter 21: Motive DevelopmentChapter 22: Four-Part HarmonyChapter 23: ModulationsChapter 24: Contrapuntal HarmonyChapter 25: Four-Part CounterpointChapter 26: Motive Development