Music Theory Comprehensive: Part 5 - Counterpoint Complete

For years I've been teaching Music Theory in the college classroom. These classes I'm making for Skillshare use the same syllabus I've used in my college classes for years, at a fraction of the cost. I believe anyone can learn Music Theory - and cost shouldn't be a barrier.

Recently I was named as a semi-finalist for the Grammy Foundation's Music Educator of the Year award because of my in-person university classes. Now I'm taking those classes to Skillshare in an online format in order to reach more students and give them the joy of Music Theory.

My approach to music theory is to minimize memorization. Most of these concepts you can learn by just understanding why chords behave in certain ways. Once you understand those concepts, you can find any scale, key, or chord that exists. Even invent your own.

This class is a Comprehensive class - it will have many parts, going through my entire annual curriculum.

This class is Part 5: Counterpoint Complete, and it finishes what would be the first semester of a college music theory class.

Throughout this class, I'll be providing you with many worksheets for you to practice the concepts on. If you get stuck, you can review the videos or post a question, and I'll back to it as fast as possible. Also in this class I have several complete analysis projects that we will complete together - just like in my college classes.

In this class, we will cover:
My approach to Music Theory
Tools of Counterpoint
Second Species Counterpoint
Metric Accents and Diminutions
Resolutions
Passing Tones
Consonant Skips and Leaps
Neighbor Tones
Writing Compelling Melodies
Third Species Counterpoint
The Cambiata
Double Neighbor Tones
Fourth Species Counterpoint
Rhythmic Displacement
Suspensions
4-3, 7-6, and 9-8 Suspension Types
Consonant Suspensions
Chains of Suspensions
Fifth Species Counterpoint
Free Counterpoint
Worksheets and Music for Practice
…and much, much more!