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How to improvise polyphony in four voices according to Santa María

Early Music Sources

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0:00:00 Introduction
0:03:40 Duo with imitations
0:05:24 Close imitation
0:08:10 Combining two duos
0:09:48 Using a cadence as transition
0:13:13 Notation of the examples
0:14:30 Demonstration of a fantasia

Created by Elam Rotem, November 2020.
Special thanks to Laura Mingo Pérez, Peter Schubert, and Anne Smith.
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20 Comments

@giobrach 5 years ago

The Duolingo sound effects gave me PTSD

@gianpierocea 5 years ago

I basically never write comments on YouTube, I am not even that interested in the subject of the channel per se and finally I imagine this comment is quite pointless since you get this sort of comment a lot, but in front of so much quality, information and perfection of presentation I can just listen and learn. The material you craft on this channel is really something special, fantastic job, keep it up.

@carlosazambujayt 5 years ago

If I were a wealthy man, you would never need patreon anymore. Yours is trully a priceless job!

@danielwaitzman2118 5 years ago

You are not only a great composer, but a great teacher too.

@IKP1000 5 years ago

Incredible lesson thank you! Ah what I could have been if I'd had just one teacher like you....

@ando1148 5 years ago

this is breathtaking pedagogy

@barney01123 5 years ago

Superb presentation. It will be a glad day for me when I can actually do this. However, I am already taking great courage in the fact that I share something in my music with Santa Maria... we both inadvertently apply liberal amounts of coffee to our pages. A sure sign that I am well on my way!!!

@talyane69 5 years ago

With the high quality of the videos, waiting a month for another one is definitely worth it

@philipschloesser 5 years ago (edited)

That Duolingo jingle/fanfare though

@barafostusdreame7134 5 years ago

Another diamond off the mine!

@mrrandomperson3106 5 years ago

I see what you did there with Duolingo sound effects!

@davidneale-lorello2954 5 years ago

I've watched a lot of your videos (although by no means have I exhausted your oeuvre) and am consistently amazed at the quality of the content and the production value. I can only imagine the person-hours required to produce these gems. Although I enjoy early music very much, I've never been especially disposed to it and the music I make has little direct relation to it. Yet, I never miss a new EMS video and find that my ear and musical knowledge are always challenged in the most welcome way. Thank you for what you do!

@Ignaciogpardo 5 years ago

I was REALLY hoping that you would try to improvise some polyphony with your mates.

@DrLogical987 5 years ago (edited)

Another fabulous presentation.

And another video to throw at jazzers when they claim to be the only true improvisors ("appart from Bach, a bit")

@fritzw.5057 5 years ago (edited)

I love how, at 16:07, he imitates the fourth subject first in the fifth and then in the octaves a few measures later.

@mathyys1 5 years ago

If music nerds are knights, then subscribing to this channel is the equivalent of being dubbed.

@ggauche3465 5 years ago

Very lovely, perhaps because it is more transparent than the work of some other composers, and therefore more readily appreciated. Thank you for this!