When we think of counterpoint, alarm bells can ring: Fugues, canons, complexities, and complications. This is a great shame, for counterpoint can and should be fun. It is the art of combining apparent opposites, of simultaneously playing contrasted melodic lines. It is the art of multitasking.
Counterpoint should feel natural and inevitable. Think of a canon as a walk in the sun with your shadow following. Ask pupils to sing in rounds. Get them to
