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If by counterpoint you mean having melody on a different track (rather than just "beat" or added harmony) I'd say it's used way more than just in duets/canons.
by qiqitori 9y ago
If by counterpoint you mean having melody on a different track (rather than just "beat" or added harmony) I'd say it's used way more than just in duets/canons. Most jazz (or accompaniment in general) would apply for example.
https://youtu.be/GhCXAiNz9Jo?t=1m22s https://youtu.be/GhCXAiNz9Jo?t=1m22s Does this apply? (Franz Ferdinand - Take Me Out)
I think counterpoint is used more than people think.
Saying that we haven't moved "forward" from Bach is disingenuous, when Bach didn't even have straight 7th chords.
- archagon 9y agoI'd say counterpoint requires the melodies to be on more-or-less equal footing, which doesn't really happen in this clip. (I'm sure it happens way more often in jazz, but I'm not an avid listener.) In any case, you definitely won't be hearing the kinds of crazy thematic transformations that Bach uses in his fugues. I didn't mean to imply that our music is unequivocally less advanced than Bach's — we've certainly acquired musical tools over the years that Bach would never have dreamed of! — but I also don't believe that his music should be viewed as a mere archeological layer in music history. It's still alive, it still resonates with modern audiences, and it still uses techniques that are rarely seen even today. We can still profit tremendously from it.