1. The music class agenda includes gathering materials, attendance, learning how to create counterpoint, and work time. 2. Students will learn how to create counterpoint for a two-part invention by emphasizing consonant intervals like thirds, fourths, and fifths and using fewer dissonant intervals. 3. Creating counterpoint involves knowing intervals and using different rhythms between the theme and counterpoint parts, such as half or eighth notes.

1. MUSIC 7/8
Agenda Time
1. Gather Materials 3 min
2. Most Important Question,
Attendance
2 min
3. Creating Counterpoint 25 min
4. Work Time 20 min

2. WHAT ARE WE LEARNING TODAY?
 By the end of today’s class, you will know how to
create counterpoint for your two-part invention.
 Benchmarks: 6.1.1.3.1, 6.1.2.3.1, 6.2.1.3.1

3. CREATING COUNTERPOINT
 The easiest thing you can do to create counterpoint
is to emphasize consonance
 Consonances: unisons, 3rds, 4ths, 5ths, 6ths, and
octaves
 Use fewer dissonances
 2nds and 7ths
 Utilize different rhythms in the non-theme/variation
measures
 Half notes work great (and are easy)
 Eighth notes provide a lot of interest

4. CREATING COUNTERPOINT
 Creating counterpoint requires knowing all of our
intervals
 Let’s review them:
 Count the steps from one note to the other
 The starting note counts as 1—don’t forget!