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Counterpointer
macOS / Musique
Counterpointer is unique in providing music notation tools and exercises in traditional counterpoint, both species and free counterpoint in 2, 3, 4, or more parts. "Species counterpoint" is a traditional teaching method in which you begin with the simplest possible task and proceed step by step until you are writing real counterpoint. Counterpointer not only supplies the tools to write and hear and print your music; it also evaluates your work, marking and commenting on places where you've written something that is not typical of the chosen style. You can keep making changes and pressing "evaluate" until Counterpointer doesn't see anything wrong - generally you'll find the revision actually does sound better! Counterpointer includes a study guide with general advice on writing counterpoint and specific guides for each of the five species. In the Free Counterpoint sections you can write whatever you like and adjust the "rules" as desired. Begin with first species (note-against-note) and work your way up!
Quoi de neuf dans la dernière version ?
Version 3.061 adds to the import feature of the Free Counterpoint activities and makes various improvements in the user experience. Exercises in the Free Counterpoint section can import MusicXML files exported by other notation programs, and with this update Counterpointer is able to import certain files created in a piano staff format by notation programs that treat a pair of piano staves as one XML "part." In Counterpointer each staff is a separate part, and the update correctly converts the import. Version 3.061 is also now multiuser - more than one person can have a personal progress record on the same computer. The new version improves the handling of save-file requests when moving to a new exercise, and there are maintenance changes providing support for Apple's latest operating system.