Oriana Tio Parahita Nainggolan, Ayu Niza Machfazia, Fortunata Tyasrinestu, Djohan, Phakkharawat Sittiprapaporn
As a subject for music students, counterpoint contributes to the ability to create a melody. The melody in counterpoint usually consists of two or more layers. In order to make a counterpoint melody, students must acknowledge the rules to construct the counterpoint melody. A good counterpoint melody involves two important things: the flow of the melody in a vertical and horizontal in vertical line (interval) and the musical texture of the melody. As a beginner in learning counterpoint, writing a counterpoint melody might be difficult at first. Learning counterpoint investigation was found that students spent a lot of their time following the counterpoint rules. They particularly did not focus on the musical sense of the counterpoint melody causing the melody loses its musical senses. Sibelius was used here as a tool to solve the problem. Sibelius is a music software which commonly used in writing musical scores. This study examined Sibelius in making a counterpoint melody in learning counterpoint. The data were gathered through observation and interviews with students during learning counterpoint course. The result showed that by using Sibelius, making counterpoint melody more efficient, and it helped student not only focused on the counterpoint rules but also the musical senses of the counterpoint melody. Furthermore, students also showed the improvement of their skills in making a counterpoint melody. © 2021 River Publishers.
Department of Music Education, Faculty of Performing Arts, Indonesia Institute of the Arts, Yogyakarta, Indonesia; Department of Music Education, Faculty of Languages and Arts, Yogyakarta State University, Yogyakarta, Indonesia; Department of Performing Arts, Faculty of Performing Arts, Indonesia Institute of the Arts, Yogyakarta, Indonesia; Graduate School of the Indonesia Institute of the Arts, Yogyakarta, Indonesia; Neuropsychological Research Laboratory, Department of Anti-Aging and Regenerative Science, School of Anti-Aging and Regenerative Medicine, Mae Fah Luang University, Bangkok, Thailand
