Contemporary Counterpoint: Theory & Application (Music Theory: Counterpoint)

(Berklee Guide). Use counterpoint to make your music more engaging and creative. Counterpoint the relationship between musical voices is among the core principles for writing music, and it has been central to the study of composition for many centuries. Whether you are a composer, arranger, film composer, orchestrator, music director, bandleader, or improvising musician, this book will help hone your craft, gain control, and lead you to new creative possibilities. You will learn "tricks of the trade" from the masters and apply these skills to contemporary styles. Online audio examples illustrate the principles being discussed, and many recommended listening lists point you to additional examples of how these principles have been used in music over the past thousand years.

• Arranging for Strings
• Musical Composition: Craft and Art
• Reharmonization Techniques
• Arranging for Horns
• Berklee Contemporary Music Notation
• The Study of Counterpoint: From Johann Joseph Fux's Gradus Ad Parnassum
• The Berklee Book of Jazz Harmony
• Guide to the Practical Study of Harmony (Dover Books on Music)
• Twentieth-Century Harmony: Creative Aspects and Practice
• Fundamentals of Musical Composition