Modal Counterpoint

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Focusing on Renaissance treatises, this text offers a comprehensive framework for composition and analysis, highlighting the distinction between technical and stylistic guidelines. It features coordinated exercises for skill development, integrates improvisation activities, and updates repertoire examples. Key chapters have been revised for clarity and accessibility, particularly on three-part writing, cadences, and mixed values. The second edition also includes clarified instructions and a summary of rules, making it an essential resource for students of modal counterpoint.