Table of contents : Title page INTRODUCTION 1. THE MELODIC CURVE 2. MELODIC RHYTHM 3. THE HARMONIC BASIS 4. HARMONIC RHYTHM 5. TWO-PART COUNTERPOINT 6. MOTIVE STRUCTURE 7. THREE-PART COUNTERPOINT 8. COUNTERPOINT lN MORE THAN THREE PARTS 9. INVERTlBLE COUNTERPOINT 10. CANON lN TWO PARTS 11. OTHER TYPES OF CANON CONCLUSION INDEX