Leeds Town Hall Organ Sample Library
It’s free and sounds great …. and Leeds is where I live. I have heard many live performances on this organ over the…
Harmony
… the simultaneous sounding of two or more pitches which change through time, is what helps to convey music’s direction and emotion. It is the bedrock of the Western Music Tradition
Counterpoint
… the interweaving of two or more concurrent melodies according to its own rules, though subservient to the rules of harmony. It adds coherence to a musical texture, but is difficult to master
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Gear
Part of the job of composing music these days is dealing with the all-consuming subject of “gear”, so this section will deal with…
Composition
There’s going to be plenty to put here as this year starts to warm up. And why not have a picture of the…
Counterpoint
We all know that counterpoint is difficult to write well, even though though the underlying harmony tends to become simpler the more that…
Orchestration
After spending 2022 working on the orchestral pieces featured on this site, reworking all the counterpoint exercises in “Free Counterpoint” and also learning…
First Year Harmony
The photo is of the excellent Dr William Lovelock standing outside Trinity College London. He is the author of the fine textbooks I…
Works
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Harmony
picture: first MS page of Tristan And Islode
Counterpoint
picture: start of Contrapunctus II from The Art Of Fugue
Orchestration
picture: first MS page of The Rite Of Spring
Who
… Peter Lynch has a background in performance and education. He is also a omposer
Vision
…To share and share in the cultural richness of Western Classical Music
Mission
…To create music which respects the values and tradition of Western Classical Music
Fundamentals
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Harmony
This book provodes the basis on which serious students study the fundamentals of 4 part (SATB) harmony. It contains Bach’s 371 Chorale harmonizations and is the most important and enduring study aid on the subject ever published.
Counterpoint
The famous story, involving Frederick the Great, behind this astonishingly complex work is most entertaining. The iconic theme itself, used throughout, is a perfect balance of rising minor arpeggio and descending chromatic scale.
Orchestration
This vivacious work, composed for the antecedents of the string orchestra, is highly unusual in that there are no violins. Nonetheless, the unique, darker sounds and textures demonstrate what is possible with with limited resources.
Composition
A set of 64 variations on a 4 bar theme, this final movement of the Solo Partita in D Minor has achieved mythologocal status. It is perhaps the greatest solo violin piece of all time, both in its technical demands and expressive imagination.