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| ===== Counterpoint ===== | ===== Counterpoint ===== |
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| Notes were formerly termed //points//. Adding a counterpoint signifies the setting one point or note against another. Counterpoint is of two kinds: simple and double. The latter of these terms, in its ordinary acceptation, comprises convertible counterpoints in three, four, or more parts {//i.e.// triple, quadruple, etc.). Simple counterpoint ((For double counterpoint see Novello's Music Primer, " Double Counterpoint and Canon " by the same author.)) includes five species or orders, i.e. five methods of adding a counterpoint to a //cantus firmus//. The term "florid counterpoint" is generally applied to the fifth species. | Notes were formerly termed //points//. Adding a counterpoint signifies the setting one point or note against another. Counterpoint is of two kinds: simple and double. The latter of these terms, in its ordinary acceptation, comprises convertible counterpoints in three, four, or more parts {//i.e.// triple, quadruple, etc.). Simple counterpoint ((For double counterpoint see Novello's Music Primer, "Double Counterpoint and Canon" by the same author.)) includes five species or orders, //i.e.// five methods of adding a counterpoint to a //cantus firmus//. The term "florid counterpoint" is generally applied to the fifth species. |
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| Concords ((consonances)) are the octave (or unison) and perfect fifth (termed //perfect concords//), and the major and minor sixth and third (termed //imperfect concords//). All other intervals in counterpoint are discords ((dissonances)), including the perfect fourth when it exists between the lowest and one of the upper parts. | Concords ((consonances)) are the octave (or unison) and perfect fifth (termed //perfect concords//), and the major and minor sixth and third (termed //imperfect concords//). All other intervals in counterpoint are discords ((dissonances)), including the perfect fourth when it exists between the lowest and one of the upper parts. |
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