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What's the difference between sixteenth century counterpoint and eighteenth century counterpoint? Is sixteenth century counterpoint melody or modal based (as this answer suggests) and eighteenth century counterpoint harmony based? If so, what would be the difference? I want to start studying counterpoint and want to know these basic facts to see where to look at.

What's the difference between sixteenth century counterpoint and eighteenth century counterpoint? Is sixteenth century counterpoint melody or modal based (as this answer suggests) and eighteenth century counterpoint harmony based? If so, what would be the difference? I want to start studying counterpoint and want to know these basic facts to see where to look at.

What's the difference between sixteenth century counterpoint and eighteenth century counterpoint? Is sixteenth century counterpoint melody or modal based (as this answer suggests) and eighteenth century counterpoint harmony based? If so, what would be the difference? I want to start studying counterpoint and want to know these basic facts to see where to look at.

Update (or "what I need from counterpoint"): I have a background 1 year of harmony study and I'm now taking a non-western modal approach to music (trough Indian Classical Music, which is mainly monophonic and have no concept of harmony). I have some ideas to compose melodies in two or three voices (wich, as I said, doesn't exist in ICM) and I want to study counterpoint for exploring that further without entering again in the harmony terrain (I've discarded it for now, chords and functional harmony don't appeal much to me right now).

What's the difference between sixteenth century counterpoint and eighteenth century counterpoint? Is sixteenth century counterpoint melody or modal based (as this answer suggests) and eighteenth century counterpoint harmony based? If so, what would be the difference? I want to start studying counterpoint and want to know these basic facts to see where to look at.

What's the difference between sixteenth century counterpoint and eighteenth century counterpoint? Is sixteenth century counterpoint melody or modal based (as this answer suggests) and eighteenth century counterpoint harmony based? If so, what would be the difference? I want to start studying counterpoint and want to know these basic facts to see where to look at.

What's the difference between sixteenth century counterpoint and eighteenth century counterpoint? Is sixteenth century counterpoint melody or modal based (as this answer suggests) and eighteenth century counterpoint harmony based? If so, what would be the difference? I want to start studying counterpoint and want to know these basic facts to see where to look at.

Update (or "what I need from counterpoint"): I have a background 1 year of harmony study and I'm now taking a non-western modal approach to music (trough Indian Classical Music, which is mainly monophonic and have no concept of harmony). I have some ideas to compose melodies in two or three voices (wich, as I said, doesn't exist in ICM) and I want to study counterpoint for exploring that further without entering again in the harmony terrain (I've discarded it for now, chords and functional harmony don't appeal much to me right now).