| 1st species: acceptable intervals |
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| no dissonances; a 4th is ok horizontally; unisons only at beginning and end |
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| 1st species: no more than ___ of an interval in a row |
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| 1st species: counterpoint above can start on |
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| 1st species: counterpoint below can start on |
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| notes can be immediately repeated once in a piece |
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| 2nd species: acceptable intervals |
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| dissonances on weak beats as passing tones |
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| 2nd species: no parallel/direct 5ths/8ths on |
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| consecutive beats, consecutive strong beats |
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| 2nd species: beginning options |
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| 3rd species: acceptable intervals |
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| beat 1- consonant; beat 2/4- cons, passing tone or neighbor note; beat 3- cons or accented passing tone |
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| note–>upper neighbor–>lower note–>neighbor or note–>ln–>un–>note; if un first, motion continues |
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| step, skip in same direction, step back, step in that direction |
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| 3rd species: no parallel/direct 5ths/8th on |
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| consecutive downbeats, beat 3 & next beat 1, beat 4 & next beat 1 |
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| 3rd species: climax should be on what beat |
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| 4 quarters or 2 quarters and a half |
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| 4th species: accepted intervals |
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| weak beat- consonant; strong beat- cons or diss (diss must resolve down by step) |
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| 4th species: counterpoint below ending |
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| 4th species: above suspensions |
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| 4th species: below suspensions |
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| 5th species: 2nd/3rd species exceptions |
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| avoid quarter-half-quarter or quarter-dotted half |
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| 5th species: 4th species exceptions |
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| suspensions must have consonant preparation; suspend long–>short; non-diss suspension can move on 2nd quarter |
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