Essays on Music

In this essay, I discuss Telemann’s views on which note can be doubled in a sixth chord.

Fauxbourdon is a contrapuntal technique originating in the early Renaissance, often resulting in parallel sixths, though not exclusively so.

The Greek term hemidiapente is used in music as a synonym for the interval of the diminished fifth, hemi meaning “half”, dia “over”, pente “five”.

The Greek term diapason has several meanings in English.

The Greek term diatessaron is used in music as a synonym for the interval of the perfect fourth, dia meaning “over”, tessaron “four”.

The Greek term diapente is used in music as a synonym for the interval of the perfect fifth, dia meaning “over”, pente “five”.

In this essay, I discuss Telemann’s views on direct fifths and octaves.

In this essay, I will discuss Telemann’s views on parallel fifths, both within the keyboard realization and between one of its parts and the vocal part.

A term coined by Robert O.

Contrary to what one might expect, a thoroughbass player does not always have to respect the figurings as they are indicated.