I had been thinking of tackling fugues as my next area of exercise.

But I am having second thoughts about this . . .

I am not sure why Canons popped into my mind as the next project for me to tackle.

Now that I have spent around 6 weeks visiting as I like to tell myself the Country of Canons I am happy to admit that it was a great time for me.  I will be happy to visit again in the future! -:)

In many ways it was an eye opening journey for me

After the 2 voice polyphony it seemed natural to look into the 3 voice polyphony topic.So I started from scratch as I always do with a melodic fragment.  In this case I chose a one bar idea.

I checked with Google which told me that “Polyphony for 2 voices means that 2 distinct, independent melodies are played at the same time”.

It took many years before I accidentally met other classical music composers. One of them, Tobias Braun, I met because he played the piano for a Trio I had written. 

I work in steps. First, I collect melodic ideas and when I record them I assign them to an instrument, maybe a flute or a cello.

I have loved classical music all my life.