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--- bridges_counterpoint:second_species_in_two_parts [2018/01/23 19:48] – brian
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 The unison is still to be avoided except at the first and last bars, though it may be used occasionally at the second part of the bar.
-Similar perfect concords (//i.e.// two fifths or octaves) on the accented beats of successive bars should not be used, the effect of consecutives being too apparent ((The underlying first-species counterpoint reveals parallel perfect intervals.)). Even on successive unaccented beats the use of these combinations is not recommended. Some authors permit the former if the inter mediate notes are taken by a skip greater than a third, and the latter if the notes in question have the character of passing notes, but it is seldom possible to entirely obviate the bad effect of consecutives ((parallels)).
+Similar perfect concords (//i.e.// two fifths or octaves) on the accented beats of successive bars should not be used, the effect of consecutives being too apparent ((The underlying first-species counterpoint reveals parallel perfect intervals.)). Even on successive unaccented beats the use of these combinations is not recommended. Some authors permit the former if the intermediate notes are taken by a skip greater than a third, and the latter if the notes in question have the character of passing notes, but it is seldom possible to entirely obviate the bad effect of consecutives ((parallels)).
 The parts may occasionally cross at the unaccented part of the bar in this and the other species of counterpoint yet to be explained.