Cantus Firmus?

[davidsfoley]

Well, can you?

I've been writing a cantus firmus for my counterpoint final. Actually, more specifically, I'm writing a "kyrie eleison" based on a paraphrase cantus firmus.

A little bit of history/ explanation.

Back in the good old days of music, when notation was finally introduced, the first things that were notated were the "proper" music of

Comments

[pancom]

I can't decide if you're a genius or a sick, sick man.

[davidsfoley]

My professor probably helped cement the idea by mentioning that he had previously turned "Oops, I did it again" into a cantus.

The fun part about the "Seeking Amy" cantus is that the original already ends up in Phrygian mode, so it lent itself quite easily to paraphrasing.