Questions tagged [species-counterpoint]
In Western pedagogy, counterpoint is taught through a system in which students progress through several "species" of increasing complexity.
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How to evaluate a counterpoint?
I am currently studying counterpoint in order to prepare my first year in a Faculty of music. I have diverse resources at my disposal like The Complete Musician (Laitz) in addition to online resources....
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Fux's Third Species (two part) melodic movement - except for cambiata movement to and from dissonance only by step?
I'm trying to come up with my own wording to explain Fux's examples in third species, two-part counterpoint.
When I look at the examples, the more or less clearly stated rules are...
dissonances on ...
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