On Thu, Feb 14, 2013 at 10:39 AM, Dave Phillips <dlphillips@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
i definitely meant the vertical sonority. it seems to me that two (or more) melodic lines that have no harmonic (vertical sonority-sense) relationship to each other do not form what people would call "counterpoint". and that is independent of whatever definition of "harmony" you might prefer. this is why i tend to think of it as the collision of the two disciplines, or more poetically, the entanglement.
Since "harmonious" is a loaded term - are we referring to a vertical sonorityOn 02/14/2013 10:31 AM, Paul Davis wrote:
On Thu, Feb 14, 2013 at 10:20 AM, Dave Phillips <dlphillips@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Picturesque, but not historically accurate, I'm sure you know. More like, where melody and melody collided. :)
if line 1 and line 2 do not intersect in a harmonious way, is it still counterpoint? would anyone call it that?
i definitely meant the vertical sonority. it seems to me that two (or more) melodic lines that have no harmonic (vertical sonority-sense) relationship to each other do not form what people would call "counterpoint". and that is independent of whatever definition of "harmony" you might prefer. this is why i tend to think of it as the collision of the two disciplines, or more poetically, the entanglement.
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