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... moving below them . Good . 5 If , however , some parts hold longer notes while others proceed in shorter notes , the lower of the parts which move stands as a bass to the upper , and consecutive 4ths between these two parts are as bad ...
... moving below them . Good . 5 If , however , some parts hold longer notes while others proceed in shorter notes , the lower of the parts which move stands as a bass to the upper , and consecutive 4ths between these two parts are as bad ...
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... moves . 8 8 The bass , however , may freely leap ( in contrary motion ) to the 8th , when the highest part moves a 2nd . 45. In two - part writing , a 3rd may not be followed by a 5th when both parts move a 2nd . Ꮎ ( a ) By strange ...
... moves . 8 8 The bass , however , may freely leap ( in contrary motion ) to the 8th , when the highest part moves a 2nd . 45. In two - part writing , a 3rd may not be followed by a 5th when both parts move a 2nd . Ꮎ ( a ) By strange ...
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... move note against note , the higher notes sound as belonging to the upper melody , and the lower notes as belonging to the under melody ; and so the bad artifice veils no faulty progressions of which the evil would be manifest had each ...
... move note against note , the higher notes sound as belonging to the upper melody , and the lower notes as belonging to the under melody ; and so the bad artifice veils no faulty progressions of which the evil would be manifest had each ...
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... move a 4th than a 5th upward or downward , whichever of the two chords precede the other . Bad . Bad . Good . Good . 78. Two - part counterpoint must begin with a perfect interval , that is , the 1st , or 5th , or 8th , if the ...
... move a 4th than a 5th upward or downward , whichever of the two chords precede the other . Bad . Bad . Good . Good . 78. Two - part counterpoint must begin with a perfect interval , that is , the 1st , or 5th , or 8th , if the ...
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... move , is less objectionable than in two - part writing . 108. As three contrarieties are impossible , the ... moving by larger or smaller intervals when proceeding in the same direction . 109. In counterpoint of more than two parts , a ...
... move , is less objectionable than in two - part writing . 108. As three contrarieties are impossible , the ... moving by larger or smaller intervals when proceeding in the same direction . 109. In counterpoint of more than two parts , a ...
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17 Paternoster Row accent appoggiatura approached by leap arpeggio augmented bass note bass-note Cambridge Warehouse chromatic chromatic scale cloth combination common chord concord contrapuntal contrary motion crotchet Demy Octavo diminished 5th dominant Double Counterpoint Edited effect elemental note English Notes Fellow of St Fellow of Trinity Fifth Species figure forms of Cadence free style full close Greek harmony inverted root key-note late Fellow leading-note M. T. CICERONIS major 3rd major form mediant melody minor form minor key models of Exercises modern modes moving-notes note of resolution passing-note perfect 5th perfect interval proceed Professor progression resolved second inversion Second Species semibreves similar motion sounded Species of Counterpoint Species Sects St Catharine's College St John's College student subdominant Subject submediant supertonic suspended 4th suspended discord syncopation tetrachord Third Species three-part Counterpoint tonic triad Trinity College Triple Counterpoint two-part Counterpoint undesirable University of Cambridge upper written
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