Bach's Counterpoint: Scholarly Analysis & Pedagogical Resources 🌍
In-depth analyses and scholarly resources for teaching and understanding Bach's counterpoint techniques.
Analysis of Bach's Fugues from WTC
A comprehensive analysis of the 48 fugues from Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier, offering insights into voice-leading, subject design, and contrapuntal techniques.
🔗 https://www.scribd.com/doc/34914598/Prout-Analysis-of-Bach-s-Fugues-from-WTC
Fugue Analysis - Music Theory for the 21st-Century Classroom
A resource providing guidance on analyzing fugues, focusing on exposition, episodes, subjects, answers, countersubjects, and motivic fragmentation.
🔗 https://musictheory.pugetsound.edu/mt21c/FugueAnalysis.html
Voice Leading Errors in Bach's WTC 1 Fugue in C Major
A discussion on perceived voice-leading errors in Bach's fugue, offering insights into the complexities of Bach's contrapuntal writing.
🔗 https://music.stackexchange.com/questions/126777/voice-leading-errors-in-bachs-wtc-1-fugue-in-c-major
Analysis of Fugue #2 in C Minor from WTC I
An analytical approach to Fugue #2 in C Minor, examining subject entries, countersubjects, and thematic development.
🔗 https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Analysis-of-Fugue-2-in-C-minor-in-the-first-book-of-Bachs-Well-Tempered-Clavier-BWV_fig4_265152177
Teaching Tonal Hierarchy through Bach
An article exploring how Bach's chorales reinforce voice-leading principles and tonal hierarchy, useful for teaching tonal structures.
🔗 https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.22513/bach.49.2.0345
Bach's Chorales: Reconstructing Eighteenth-Century German Figured-Bass Pedagogy
A study on Bach's chorales, offering insights into his pedagogy and the practice of figured-bass realization.
🔗 https://www.gmth.de/zeitschrift/artikel/1015.aspx
Practical Guide to Invertible Counterpoint
A video tutorial demonstrating the principles of invertible counterpoint using Bach's Fugue in B-flat major.
🔗 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EqDSNBsPwD8
Stretto and Augmentation in Bach's Fugues
An animated score analysis of Bach's Fugue in A minor, illustrating the use of stretto and augmentation techniques.
🔗 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yirekD0mU6w
Realizing Figured Bass: A Practical Approach
A video demonstrating the process of realizing a figured bass, focusing on basic chords and seventh chords.
🔗 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aG1T-G39EUY
Analysis of Fugue in G Minor from WTC I
A detailed analysis of Bach's Fugue in G Minor, highlighting voice-leading and contrapuntal techniques.
🔗 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OyvSrpQ2eWY