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<body class='hmmessage'><div dir='ltr'>Aside from the, ahhh, rather different style re dissonance rules alluded<BR>
to by Victor:), there's _definitely_ too much contrary motion... like about<BR>
100%! Without some similar motion mixed in, you risk a different loss<BR>
of melodic independence: the added part is perceived as being just a<BR>
mirror of the CF. (Think the mirror scene in _Duck Soup_.:) As far as I<BR>
recall at the moment, Zarlino and the other ctpt. treatises don't talk<BR>
about amount of contrary motion, but I assume it was simply that the<BR>
idea of having a mix of similar & contrary motion was SO self-evident<BR>
it wasn't worth discussing. (Just like there are no Med/Ren bread<BR>
recipes--it was too obvious.)<BR>
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Just my 20 sesterces' worth...<BR>
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Art Samplaski<BR>
Ithaca, NY<BR> </div></body>
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