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Development Of Renaissance Era Counterpoint: Senseless Stipulations Or Scientific Study, David J. Anderson Iii
Development Of Renaissance Era Counterpoint: Senseless Stipulations Or Scientific Study, David J. Anderson Iii
The Research and Scholarship Symposium (2013-2019)
Music of today is composed using countless rules that have developed over the years. During the Middle ages, basic harmony was first used, but it was not until the Renaissance that harmony really flourished to become standard in most music. Counterpoint is, at its core, the study of harmony or quite literally point against point (note against note.) This paper delves into the conception of counterpoint and shows how it progressed to become a widely used technique that has unequivocally changed music to this day by exploring the different facets of counterpoint and studying the music theorists who pioneered and …
Slashes, Dashes, Points, And Squares: The Development Of Musical Notation, Carolyn S. Gorog
Slashes, Dashes, Points, And Squares: The Development Of Musical Notation, Carolyn S. Gorog
The Research and Scholarship Symposium (2013-2019)
The development of musical notation has long been a popular topic of discussion among musicologists. All cultures in the world have music and different cultures had methods of notating music. The purpose of the research was to trace the development of music notation and to see if the modern methods of notation are superior to the older methods. The development of music notation in western music was closely tied to the church and the Gregorian chant. Early neumes resembled points and slashes, which developed into squares when the staff stated to develop. The first staff was only four lines where …