Canon by Diminution - Writing Canon

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Learn how to write a canon by diminution. In a canon by diminution one part begins then the second part follows on several beats or bars behind using the same pitch as the first part but presented in notes of half the value. This lesson demonstrates what this looks and sounds like by working an example and covering the issues the challenge raises for melodic, rhythmic and harmonic design. This video is useful for anyone wanting to understand canon techniques and for anyone wanting to write canon or counterpoint.
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0:00 - Introduction to canon by diminution
0:43 - What does diminution mean?
1:50 - Writing the opening
5:12 - Upper part diminution
11:25 - Harmonic thought
13:28 - Playing the composed canon
13:53 - Conclusion
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@MusicMattersGB 10 месяцев назад

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@jayducharme 8 месяцев назад

I'd never heard of that technique before. That's a really useful tool.

@MusicMattersGB 8 месяцев назад

It’s great

@maxjohn6012 6 месяцев назад

Thanks for another excellent video, Gareth! These two part example videos are really instructive :)

@MusicMattersGB 6 месяцев назад

Glad it’s helpful.

@Dave-nm8uk 4 месяца назад

Maybe this is just a taster. It is interesting, though of course doesn't generate much music. If the first part is four bars - as here, the diminution will only add a further 2 - plus perhaps an extra bar to tidy up. I'm guessing though that the other techniques in this series of videos about canons will show other possibilities, and the different methods can be combined to allow the creation of larger sections of music. Not sure if it works better with longer starting phrases. Short phrases - for example 3 bars leading to a one bar close - might only result in 5 or 6 bars of output. As a way of starting a new piece, or new section though - a way of overcoming composer's block - these techniques may make a very welcome change. Definitely worth trying.

@MusicMattersGB 4 месяца назад

Yes these are taster starters. Of course you can continue the technique for as many bars as you wish.

@joachimmaria836 6 месяцев назад

I want to thank you for all educative videos you share with us, this lesson inspired me to compose short canon by diminution, which i uploaded on my channel :)

@MusicMattersGB 6 месяцев назад

A pleasure

@dankleffmann2473 6 месяцев назад

Thanks!

@MusicMattersGB 6 месяцев назад

Thank you so much for your support. Much appreciated.

@dankleffmann2473 6 месяцев назад

Thank you so much for the useful information.

@MusicMattersGB 5 месяцев назад

😀

@ravneprinsen 6 месяцев назад

Great video, Gareth! This reminds me of a tune we made this summer where we flipped the melody backwards, doubled the speed and layered it over the original melody. Would that make it a canon by diminution?

@MusicMattersGB 6 месяцев назад

That would be retrograde diminution. Great fun!

@malzola347 3 месяца назад

Is it correct, or usual to combine all this techniques in a single canon? Or the result could not be called a canon anymore? Thanks, frascinating videos, the most didactic ones I've found

@MusicMattersGB 3 месяца назад

You might combine some of these approaches but don’t use too many approaches inside a single canon.

@johncenter4858 5 месяцев назад

If all notes have to be justified what would be an example of an unjustified note?

@MusicMattersGB 5 месяцев назад

A note that doesn’t belong to the prevailing chord and that isn’t a passing note, auxiliary note, anticipatory note, changing note or an ornament.

@johncenter4858 5 месяцев назад

@@MusicMattersGB Thank you. I was thinking that any note could be justified in some way. But if I understand well, having the chords I and V under a melody that goes C C F D, the F doesn't fit any of the above categories... ? Or someone would say: "Fine the F is just turning G in a G7 and all is justified?" I still have the feeling that we can justify anything...?

@MusicMattersGB 5 месяцев назад

@johncenter4858 It’s certainly true that F could turn a G chord into a G7, depending on how it functions, but there are plenty of notes that can’t be ‘justified’ eg melodic leaps using notes that don’t belong to the chord.

@johncenter4858 5 месяцев назад

@@MusicMattersGB Thank you!

@MusicMattersGB 5 месяцев назад

@johncenter4858 😀