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MUS 311 CounterpointG. Writing of Short Two-Voice Pieces, Chapter 7
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More guidelines for successful 18th-century two-voice writing:
Form:
1. The characteristic form of the dance suite is binary.
2. The typical pattern found in dance movements and other short bipartite forms is:
Pieces in major modulate to the dominant by the end of the first part; the second part begins withthe dominant and modulates back to the tonic.Pieces in minor modulate to the relative major key by the end of the first part; the second partbegins in major and modulates back to the minor for the conclusion.
Reducing or Increasing the Number of Voices:
3. Occasionally, an "intermission" from two-voice counterpoint may occur. In such cases, a voicemay be doubled at a 6th or 3rd--sometimes, but not often, at the octave--to create a singletexture.
An "intermission" should occur at a logical juncture--e.g., not in the middle of a phrase.
4. Additional notes may also be added occasionally in 2-voice pieces:
to clearly define the harmony at points where the two voices alone cannotto provide greater fullness at cadence pointsto allow a melodic line to momentarily divide, so that one voice may complete a motivic themeor pattern, while the other takes a needed note.
Varied Repetition
5. Rather than having an exact repetition of the binary "A" section, as is normally the case, anotheroption is to write a variation of these measures for the "A" section. The dominant/relative majormodulation back to the tonic remains unchanged.
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