A leapfrog, a term coined by Gjerdingen, is a contrapuntal technique typically involving two upper voices above a bass. Consider the following realisation of the… Read more: What Is a Leapfrog?

This essay is the fourth and last of a series devoted to changing-note schemata, a type of dichotomous schema with a treble and/or a bass… Read more: The Jupiter

This essay is the third of a series devoted to changing-note schemata, a type of dichotomous schema with a treble and/or a bass whose melodic… Read more: The Pastorella

This essay is the second of a series devoted to changing-note schemata, a type of dichotomous schema with a treble and/or a bass whose melodic… Read more: The Aprile

This essay is the first of a series devoted to changing-note schemata, a type of dichotomous schema with a treble and/or a bass whose melodic… Read more: The Meyer

A dichotomous schema consists consists of a question segment and an answer segment. The question segment has a harmonically and melodically open ending, while the… Read more: What Is a Dichotomous Schema?