Counterpoint Course
Gain mastery in counterpoint tailored for string trios, featuring hands-on techniques for crafting melodies, harmonies, rhythms, and professional notation. Develop skills to create singable lines, sidestep voice-leading errors, and deliver scores optimised for quick rehearsals and impressive live performances that resonate beautifully.

from 4 to 360h flexible workload
valid certificate in your country
What will I learn?
This targeted Counterpoint Course equips you to compose clear, singable melodies and balanced three-part textures ideal for small string ensembles. Master melody shaping, consonance-dissonance control, parallel avoidance, and efficient rhythms that ease rehearsals. Build practical expertise in tonal harmony, tempo selection, and precise text-score preparation to produce polished, cohesive short pieces ready for performance and sharing.
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Develop skills
- Craft singable melodies for strings with defined contours, safe ranges, and quick rehearsal readiness.
- Implement tonal harmony and cadences like I–IV–V, ii–V–I for smooth small-ensemble progressions.
- Produce precise counterpoint by managing dissonance, dodging parallels, and maintaining line independence.
- Design rhythms, metres, and tempos to enhance ensemble precision with limited practice time.
- Format professional text-based scores with accurate clefs, dynamics, slurs, and rehearsal cues.
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