Counterpoint 101 with Tomás de Santa María: Consonances
Main Source:
Tomás de Santa María, Arte de tañer fantasía (Valladolid, 1565)
Full English translation by Warren Earle Hultberg, “The art of playing the fantasia”, Latin American Literary Review Press, 1991 [not available online]. NOTE: the musical examples sometimes contains errors - it is best to consult the source. The translator also summarized the work in his PhD (University of Southern California, 1964): “Sancta Maria’s 'libro llamado arte de taner fantasia': a critical evaluation”. The PhD is available online on this link.
FOOTNOTES:
1 [01:12] Grove Music Online, "Thomas de Santa Maria", Almonte Howell and Miguel A. Roig-Francolí [link] (accessed on May 29 2019)
2 [02:41] Book ii, cap. VI.
3 [04:30] Book ii, Cap I
4 [05:22] Santa Maria notes that according to some, in cadences, two consecutive 5ths, one diminished, and one perfect, are used sometimes. But he says that it's safer to avoid this (book ii, Cap III).
5 [06:52] Book ii, Cap. VI
6 [09:08] Book ii, Cap. VII
7 [15:16] Our episode about musica ficta
ERRORS:
On 11:30 it says "10" on all of the notes, but the first note should have an "8".
Compound intervals cheat sheet:
Credits:
Created by Elam Rotem.
Special thanks to Anne Smith, Alon Schab, and Netta Huebscher.