Are you a counterpoint person or a harmony person?

[contrapunctus]

Well, judging by my name you have probably figured that I am a fan of counterpoint. I love the intertwined melodies; it is almost as if counterpoint is addicting for me. When I listen to contrapunctal music, I just get absorbed into all the melodies and counter-subects and lose all sense of time. However, I also like harmony too because Beethoven generally used it more than counterpoint in his sonatas, and there is nothing quite exhilarating like a bunch of FF chords at the end of a piece.

[Motrax]

I prefer single-line melodies without any harmony or counterpoint. It's even better when the music is confined to one octave - makes it easier to concentrate on it that way. 

[cherub_rocker1979]

I prefer single-line melodies without any harmony or counterpoint. It's even better when the music is confined to one octave - makes it easier to concentrate on it that way. 

Like "Mary Had A Little Lamb"?

[cherub_rocker1979]

I find that I have a much harder time learning contrapuntal music.

[apion]

Nothing excites me more than counterpoint!    I'll take a good fugue over harmony (or sex, for that matter) any day! 

[prometheus]

Counterpoint is harmony. Only in counterpoint melodies are supported by other melodies, creating harmony, instead of supported by chords.

[stevie]

i love subtle counterpoint and rich harmonies most, like that in scriabin.

intense counterpoint, like bach, isnt my favourite style, but maybe i have yet to grow into it..

[BoliverAllmon]

bring on the counterpoint.

[kriskicksass]

I tend to enjoy playing counterpoint better than chordal harmony because I'm better at single-note passage work than I am at chordal passage work. That being said, I like both equally.

[klavierkonzerte]

counterpoint all the way

[phil13]

I like them blended together. Counterpoint with harmony going on beneath it.

Phil

[I Love Xenakis]

I like Hamelin.

[donjuan]

I prefer single-line melodies without any harmony or counterpoint. It's even better when the music is confined to one octave - makes it easier to concentrate on it that way. 

Like "Mary Had A Little Lamb"?

...just laughed my head off in a quiet library and got shushhed by people around me

[contrapunctus]

Which do you think is harder to compose? Counterpoint or Chordal harmony (like the chords in Chopin's music, not simple things).

[phil13]

Which do you think is harder to compose? Counterpoint or Chordal harmony (like the chords in Chopin's music, not simple things).

Both can be composed rather easily, but getting them to sound good is the hard part. 

Phil

[pet]

I'm a counterpoint person all the way.  Bach is my favorite composer, and I LOVE his preludes and Fugue.

[dave santino]

As a composer, I find I tend more towards harmony, although counterpoint also has its uses. Also, being a jazz player as well as classical, a good harmony/chord progression also speaks to me more as a player than Bach-style counterpoint, probably because of the thicker textures etc.

[minor9th]

Counterpoint. Sorabji is The Man!

[whynot]

Counterpoint to play, harmony to listen.