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Cool Videos About Improvising a Canon

August 11, 2012 By Jon Brantingham 1 Comment

I found these and thought they were pretty cool. Peter Schubert wrote a book on counterpoint, and after watching this, I decided to order it to give it a try. The book is Modal Counterpoint: Renaissance Style.

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    1. antonio

      December 14, 2012 at 2:12 am

      oh, man thanks. is pretty good all this website. ( found it yesterday), it has been very helpfull for me. i am studying composition. from Mexico.

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