Thank you for your content, man. I work with young students in a Russian college. I teach them music theory and the basics of sound production. I learned academic music as a pianist, but then studied sound engineering at university - it turned my brain upside down. I'm trying to find a middle way between «academic» and «living» modes in my teaching practice - I think your videos are about this way. I love them, thank you
I’m happy this is helpful! Indeed in our modern world, composers do need to consider instrumental writing not just in the context of the concert. I found it also really nourishing to learn more about acoustic, the physic of sound, and mixing. It’s then a knowledge you can use right at the beginning of your creative process with instrumental writing.
Hi! I've discovered your channel recently, and I have to say that I'm quine shocked with the amount of subscribers you've got. I mean, the way you explain things is outstanding. I'm definitely gonna stay and watch all of your videos. Thanks a lot for making them! :)
Thanks a lot, it is much appreciated! I did just start this channel last month, and it’s been growing slowly but surely with every video! Glad you’re enjoying the content 🙂
I’ve watched lots of videos on composition. But none really mention whether a melody should be ascending or descending. But using the intervals this way kind of tells you where the melody is going.
In a sense yes, it's a counterpoint rule that skips should be compensated before and after with a contrary motion, so basically when you're doing a skip up you should be going down afterwards. Although this rule is important, you can still play with the general direction of the line. I do have an exemple on this in the episode 2 (counterpoint) of this video series if you're interested!
@@adavidcompo I have indeed watched the second video. To me it’s something that’s not discussed much, rather like wanting to get from a to b but not knowing how to get there.
Imo a progressive from polyphony to monody is the main way to learn melody writing. Its all secretely harmony and gives you the skills to harmonize beyond block chords
Yes it's definitely a common approach to understand what your melody suggest, it's different from what I say but also right. It kind of goes both ways : egg or chicken, melody or harmony?
@@adavidcompo I guess I say that as someone who started my compositional journey with a very strong/intuitive sense of melody. The challenge was always developing and harmonizing. So for me studying renaissance polyphony and then partimento as the foundation rather than melody gave me the tools to understand a melody that I've come to more intuitively. You're right I think it's extremely important to be able to start from both ends of that continuum
Yes originated from Gregorian chant, but was at it’s peak and the most developed in the Renaissance. Most counterpoint classes teach Renaissance counterpoint, as it was when the theory was the more advanced. Counterpoint in music from before Renaissance is although super interesting to listen to !
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Thank you for your content, man.
I work with young students in a Russian college. I teach them music theory and the basics of sound production.
I learned academic music as a pianist, but then studied sound engineering at university - it turned my brain upside down. I'm trying to find a middle way between «academic» and «living» modes in my teaching practice - I think your videos are about this way. I love them, thank you
I’m happy this is helpful! Indeed in our modern world, composers do need to consider instrumental writing not just in the context of the concert. I found it also really nourishing to learn more about acoustic, the physic of sound, and mixing. It’s then a knowledge you can use right at the beginning of your creative process with instrumental writing.
Hi!
I've discovered your channel recently, and I have to say that I'm quine shocked with the amount of subscribers you've got. I mean, the way you explain things is outstanding. I'm definitely gonna stay and watch all of your videos. Thanks a lot for making them! :)
Thanks a lot, it is much appreciated!
I did just start this channel last month, and it’s been growing slowly but surely with every video! Glad you’re enjoying the content 🙂
I’ve watched lots of videos on composition. But none really mention whether a melody should be ascending or descending. But using the intervals this way kind of tells you where the melody is going.
In a sense yes, it's a counterpoint rule that skips should be compensated before and after with a contrary motion, so basically when you're doing a skip up you should be going down afterwards. Although this rule is important, you can still play with the general direction of the line. I do have an exemple on this in the episode 2 (counterpoint) of this video series if you're interested!
@@adavidcompo I have indeed watched the second video. To me it’s something that’s not discussed much, rather like wanting to get from a to b but not knowing how to get there.
Merci Alexandre!
Ça fait plaisir 😊
Great videos!! I’ll definitely be subscribing!
Glad you're enjoying! Welcome to the channel :)
Imo a progressive from polyphony to monody is the main way to learn melody writing. Its all secretely harmony and gives you the skills to harmonize beyond block chords
Yes it's definitely a common approach to understand what your melody suggest, it's different from what I say but also right. It kind of goes both ways : egg or chicken, melody or harmony?
@@adavidcompo I guess I say that as someone who started my compositional journey with a very strong/intuitive sense of melody. The challenge was always developing and harmonizing. So for me studying renaissance polyphony and then partimento as the foundation rather than melody gave me the tools to understand a melody that I've come to more intuitively. You're right I think it's extremely important to be able to start from both ends of that continuum
Yes! And it does resonate with me and why I’m encouraging my students to learn of modal counterpoint
“very chromatic. i was a troubled young person” 😂😂😂😂 soo relatable LMAO
ahah now 15 years later I'm an exhausted parent of two, so it's even worse!!!
@@adavidcompo 😭😭 im a troubled 26 year old person myself and I am afraid what will happen in 15 years
@@adavidcompo but I wonder if more troubled people write more chromatic/weird stuff
Probably! Maybe this is what our society need rn! 😊
I love it!
Merci 🤩
Mine de rien, tu as doublé le nombre d'abonnés de ma chaîne que j'ai depuis genre 10 ans en à peine 1 mois 😅Bravo!@@adavidcompo
Merci 😊c’est la même game une chaîne de musique ou une chaîne de contenu éducatif !
Merci. Doesn't modal counterpoint go back to Rennaissance music?
Hello ! Yes, that’s what I’m saying no?
Goes back to Gregorian chant.
Yes originated from Gregorian chant, but was at it’s peak and the most developed in the Renaissance. Most counterpoint classes teach Renaissance counterpoint, as it was when the theory was the more advanced. Counterpoint in music from before Renaissance is although super interesting to listen to !