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Royalty Free Music Clips All eleven royalty free music tracks have a unique sound that is both classy and contemporary and will act as complimentary background music for projects designed to motivate individuals towards new levels of success and achievement. The royalty free music for corporate presentations in this compilation is ideal when used as stunning and inspirational background music to complement individual and company projects that aim to spark audiences' drive and focus. This third album in the series of royalty free guitar music themes features an assortment of original music featuring the versatility of the guitar that can be employed as music on hold, background music and production music by companies and professionals looking to add a special touch to their specific projects. www.royaltyfreemusic.com /clips.html   (6511 words)

FUGUE A brief period of free counterpoint in both voices may follow the answer, but in a relatively short time a third voice enters with a statement of the subject. The first complete exposition is followed by an episode—freely contrapuntal passages constructed of melodic figures derived from the subject, countersubject, or free counterpoint of the exposition. Subsequent expositions sustain the free contrapuntal texture of the preceding episode. www.history.com /encyclopedia.do?vendorId=FWNE.fw..fu093200.a#FWNE.fw..fu093200.a   (721 words)

Counterpoint - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Counterpoint is a broad organisational feature of much music, involving the simultaneous sounding of separate musical lines. It was elaborated extensively in the Renaissance period, but composers of the Baroque period brought counterpoint to a kind of culmination, and it may be said that, broadly speaking, harmony then took over as the predominant organising principle in musical composition. Species counterpoint is a type of so-called strict counterpoint, developed as a pedagogical tool, in which a student progresses through several "species" of increasing complexity, always working a very plain given part in the cantus firmus (Latin for "fixed melody"). en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Counterpoint   (2343 words)

Counterpoint Counterpoint is a very general feature of music (especially prominent in much Western music) whereby two or more melodic strands occur simultaneously — in separate voices, either literally or metaphorically (if the music is instrumental). In fourth species counterpoint, a note is sustained or suspended in an added part while notes move against it in the given part, creating a dissonance, followed by the suspended note then changing (and "catching up") to create a subsequent consonance with the note in the given part as it continues to sound. It is a common and pedantic misconception that counterpoint is defined by these five species, and therefore anything that does not follow the strict rules of the five species is not counterpoint. www.mp3.fm /Counterpoint.htm   (1111 words)

Invention (music) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia In music, an invention is a short composition (usually for a keyboard instrument) with two-part counterpoint. The subject is then repeated in the second voice in the dominant key while the initial voice either plays a countersubject or plays in free counterpoint. Here the composer usually writes in free counterpoint and develops the subject by writing variations either melodically or harmonically. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Invention_(music)   (441 words)

A World Connected - Free Trade Versus Fair Trade   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03) Although free traders hope to alleviate poverty and improve conditions around the world, they prefer measures that are less intrusive than fair traders, who regard the unfettered market as injurious to these same goals. Proponents of free trade argue that voluntary exchange meets the demands of justice because each party to the trade leaves the trade richer than he or she was before. Free traders believe the best way to alleviate poverty in the long run is to permit freer trade while fair traders think that opening trade even further would entrench trends of rich nations becoming richer and poor nations becoming poorer. www.aworldconnected.org /article.php/560.html   (2464 words)

A Treatise on Simple Counterpoint in Forty Lessons by Friedrich J. Lehmann In two-part counterpoint with other than the first species in both parts, dissonances are permitted under certain conditions, and in three- and four-part writing the unprepared seventh and ninth, and the six-four chord, are allowed in certain ways. As in the second species, the first note of the counterpoint should form a unison, octave or fifth, and when the counterpoint begins on the second half it may also be an imperfect consonance. When the counterpoint begins on the first half, the second half is treated the same as the second half of succeeding measures, described in the next paragraph. www.gutenberg.org /files/16342/16342-h/16342-h.htm   (8380 words)

18th Century Counterpoint Counterpoint is the oldest and most venerable topic in the domain of music theory and for most of the “great masters” such as Mozart, Haydn and Beethoven it was virtually the only theory instruction they had. The word counterpoint is derived from the Latin phrase punctus contra punctum, meaning “point against point.” The points referred to are the dots that medieval composers made on staves that we now call noteheads. Fundamentally counterpoint is the study of melodies and how to combine two or more melodies at the same time. www.uark.edu /ua/muth/counterpoint/Counterpoint.html   (313 words)

article: ntoll.org: Species Counterpoint The counterpoint is initially of two parts, one of which, the Cantus firmus (Latin for fixed line; a melody consisting of mainly step-wise movement using notes of a semi-breve duration), is provided for the student. In third species counterpoint the oblique motion is subdivided into four notes in the counterpoint against one note in the cantus firmus. When writing fourth species counterpoint one changes pitch in the second half of the bar with a minim note (the preparation) that is tied over to another minim of the same pitch (the suspension) before moving to a new pitch that acts as both the resolution for the current suspension and preparation for the next. ntoll.org /article/species-counterpoint   (3647 words)

MUS 311 Counterpoint, Study Guide A   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03) Strict counterpoint (16th century): refers to Fux's approach, where there is a cantus firmus in whole notes, against which another voice is written using one of the various species. Free counterpoint: based on 18th-century instrumental models and is not concerned with those restrictions that apply specifically to the 16th-century style. Free counterpoint often makes use of exercises in the species, but in a modified way that involves a sense of meter and harmonic implications. spider.georgetowncollege.edu /music/burnette/Mus311/311a.htm   (268 words)

DOTSHOP.SE - Free Fall: Amsterdam Funk Free Fall has plans for a series of concerts in Norway during 2005, and a tour of Europe and the North America in 2006. Free Fall, one of his latest divinations, is a trio coupling his clarinets with the Norwegians Swede Hårvard Wiik on piano and Ingebrigt Håker Flaten on double bass. As with Free Fall, the rhythm section is from Norway—Flaten on bass, and Paal Nilssen-Love on drums—and the band is fiercely responsive. www.dotshop.se /ds/release.php?code=STSJ095CD   (2108 words)

ntoll.org - Computational Creativity   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03) The counterpoint is initially of two parts, one of which, the cantus firmus (Latin: fixed line) is a melody consisting of mainly step-wise movement using notes of semi-breve duration. With regard to the representation of duration in the first four species of counterpoint, given the number of notes in the cantus firmus, it is possible to work out the number of notes and their durations from the requirements of the species being used. In the case of fifth species counterpoint, given the number of notes in the cantus firmus and by using the smallest possible note duration as a unit of measurement (crotchet), one is able determine the maximum number of possible notes in the output counterpoint. www.ntoll.org /projects/creativity   (2557 words)

www.myspace.com/counterpoint Counterpoint is a group of extremly commited, passionate individuals. From the time Counterpoint hits the stage to the moment the last note is played there is non-stop energy. Currently, Counterpoint is planning a month long tour of the eastern half of the United States and is looking to put together both a management team and booking agent that will help them in bringing their music to even more ears. www.myspace.com /counterpoint   (3342 words)

Fifth Species Counterpoint Florid counterpoint, the richest species and the one closest to "free" counterpoint, is a combination of the techniques of the first four species. The fifth species counterpoint line should begin slowly with a suspension figure, with the same interval constraints as always: the upper counterpoint may enter at a 5th, 8ve, or 12th against the cantus firmus, and the lower counterpoint may enter at a unison or 8ve against the cantus firmus. The fifth species counterpoint line will often exhibit a rhythmic crescendo: longer note values and conjunct motion prevail at the very beginning of the exercise, with gradual introduction of quarter and eighth note values, and disjunct motion, as the exercise gets underway. www.listeningarts.com /music/general_theory/species/5th.htm   (1031 words)

CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Counterpoint The term counterpoint originated in the fourteenth century, though the art designated by it had been practiced for several centuries previous. The aim was the perfect integrity and independence of the various melodies in their flow, from which, of course, resulted passing dissonances, but these were continually solved into consonances on the accented notes of the measure. When monody came into fashion at the end of the sixteenth and the beginning of the seventh century, the study and practice of counterpoint was almost entirely neglected, but it received a new and wonderful development at the hands of Handel and Bach. www.newadvent.org /cathen/04436a.htm   (516 words)

CLASSICAL MUSIC ARCHIVES: Definition of COUNTERPOINT A single ‘part’ or ‘voice’ added to another is called ‘a counterpoint’ to that other, but the more common use of the word is that of the combination of simultaneous parts or vv., each of significance in itself and the whole resulting in a coherent texture. In strict counterpoint the processes are studied under 5 heads, the result of an analysis which dissects the practice of the art into 5 species. The use of strict counterpoint as a method of study has tended to decline, its ‘rules’ being felt to be too rigid. www.classicalarchives.com /dict/counterpoint.html   (645 words)

Counterpoint is the news forum by and for the mental health consumer community of Vermont   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03) Counterpoint is the news forum by and for the mental health consumer community of Vermont Published by Vermont Psychiatric Survivors, Inc., it is distributed for free throughout the state and has a circulation of about 7,000. Finally, Counterpoint will also continue to offer consumers the opportunity to share their life expressions through their artwork. www.sover.net /~vpsinc/counterpoint.html   (186 words)

Macworld: Mac Gems: Name those tunes Each round of Counterpoint involves listening to a layered mix of tracks from your iTunes library: one track in the first round, two in the second, three in the third, and so on. Counterpoint gives you a specific amount of time to complete each round, and awards points based on the round number, the time it takes you to complete each round, the number of tracks in the source playlist or library, and how many incorrect guesses you make. Counterpoint 1.1 requires Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger) or later and is a Universal Binary. www.macworld.com /weblogs/macgems/2006/11/counterpoint/index.php?lsrc=mwrss   (814 words)

[No title] In particular, I shall claim that the triad and seventh chord of free composition, as harmonic entities, are qualitatively distinct from the "triad" and "seventh chord" of strict counterpoint; the gap between the harmonic and contrapuntal meanings of the terms "triad" and "seventh chord," in other words, simply cannot be bridged. Rothgeb, "Strict Counterpoint and Tonal Theory," 282: "In the 6/5 chord of strict counterpoint, unlike that of free composition, both intervals, the fifth and the sixth, must be regarded as absolute rather than as a verticalization of a passing motion. The treatment of the seventh in fourth-species counterpoint is suggestive of free composition on two important counts: (1) the seventh resolves downwards; (2) the seventh appears on the downbeat, and thus seems to have a more independent status than, say, a passing seventh on the weak beat. www.societymusictheory.org /mto/issues/mto.97.3.1/mto.97.3.1.agmon.art   (5202 words)

Counterpoint: Debt-Free Living Has Its Drawbacks ∞ Get Rich Slowly Hmm … debt free lifestyle it’s a very attractive concept that would mean a large majority of your income would be yours to keep, because you wouldn’t be restricting cashflow because you’d have no mortgage debt or personal credit debt payments. In terms of those who are debt free, “cash poor” refers to the old timey notion where things had to be paid for in cash, or you couldn’t leave. When you are debt free completely then you can build up a cushion for decrease in income (we have gone even 75%less) and able to insure for big disasters. www.getrichslowly.org /blog/2007/01/28/counterpoint-debt-free-living-has-its-drawbacks   (4396 words)

Counterpoint Counterpoint is in fact still alive kicking although if you relied on this news page we would be dead or ready for our reunion tour. Counterpoint will not be doing much for at least a month due to Keller breaking is damn thumb. Counterpoint is also playing The Sore Thumbs CD release party at the Pound this month and if their CD sounds like they do live it will be well worth coming out and getting one. counterpointmusic.com /news.html   (3482 words)

Free Hand Free Hand in many ways constitutes a culminating point in the group’s career, as well as being the last classic album that the band released. As far as vocal counterpoint is concerned, The Power and the Glory is full of wonderfully complex passages, of which the verses to “No God’s A Man” are but one instance among many that could be cited. Generally speaking, counterpoint in the sense I mean it here tends not to play an important role in rock music. www.ibiblio.org /johncovach/gentlegiant.htm   (1897 words)

Counterpointer - Free and Species Counterpoint Software Counterpointer is the first software ever to offer evaluation of both species and free counterpoint, and can serve both as a self-contained introduction to counterpoint and as a tool to accompany counterpoint textbooks. Counterpointer's student file is the same type as those used by Practica Musica: if you are already a Practica Musica student you can use the same student file to do work in Counterpointer, and your exercise scores will be added to those earned in Practica Musica. Counterpointer is now available on CD-ROM ($75) or as a downloadable installer ($65). www.ars-nova.com /counterpointer.html   (217 words)

JJA Library And he was very impressed with counterpoint, that was his first introduction to free counterpoint, classical counterpoint. Perhaps tinged with the mysticism of La Violette, Giuffre's poetic notes frame free improvisation as a spiritual quest, an idea that would a few years later be shared by many musicians. Jimmy had just put out Free Fall right about that time, and he called it, 'non-music.' I was rather surprised they were actually putting it down in very definite ways. www.jazzhouse.org /library/index.php3?read=butters1   (4052 words)

Counterpoint Counterpoint is in fact still alive kicking although if you relied on this news page we would be dead or ready for our reunion tour. Counterpoint will not be doing much for at least a month due to Keller breaking is damn thumb. Counterpoint is also playing The Sore Thumbs CD release party at the Pound this month and if their CD sounds like they do live it will be well worth coming out and getting one. www.counterpointmusic.com /news.html   (3482 words)

The Sofia Open Content Initiative - Theory II   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03) They offer an introduction to the modal counterpoint principles that guided composers during the medieval and renaissance periods. The study of counterpoint was brought into a focus by the theoretician, Fux, who set down the rules for writing counterpoint. His study walked the student through 5 "species" of counterpoint leading to the final "free" counterpoint. sofia.fhda.edu /gallery/musicianship/resources.html   (144 words)

Edward H. Crane & Roger Pilon on Drug Reimportation on National Review Online It turns out that this really is one of those issues that's as simple as it seems — free trade is the answer — although it's easy to be distracted by the complications that surround it. Toomey goes on say that if free trade were not reason enough to support the bill before the House, then the destruction of price controls should be. Thus, reimportation isn't the end; it's simply a means — free trade — that might very well lower prices for Americans by "forcing" foreign buyers to pick up part of the costs of RandD, which American law currently shields them from bearing, at the expense of American consumers. www.nationalreview.com /comment/comment-crane-pilon072903.asp   (1838 words)

Technology Review: Emerging Technologies and their Impact   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03) My task here is to write a response to Larry Lessig's meditation on the free-software movement and its relationship to the general law of copyright (see "The People Own Ideas!"). Property rights are organized to minimize the obstacles to human prosperity and well-being by maximizing the public benefit that emerges from the self-interested actions of many individuals. This system of property rights isn't antithetical to free software or "free culture." Indeed, it is their very foundation. www.technologyreview.com /articles/05/06/issue/feature_creators.asp?p=1   (889 words)

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