A Treatise on Simple Counterpoint in Forty Lessons by Friedrich J. Lehmann
page 27 of 65 (41%)
page 27 of 65 (41%)
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[Illustration: Fig. 65.]
The retardation should be used only when prepared by the leading-tone. It rises a semitone in resolving. [Fig. 66.] [Illustration: Fig. 66.] The following dissonant intervals may be used on the first half of the measure:--When the counterpoint is above, the fourth and seventh in suspension, and second and fifth in retardation; and when below, the second in suspension, and the fourth and seventh in retardation. [Fig. 67.] [Illustration: Fig. 67.] Consecutive fifths on consecutive strong beats of the measure are good when one of the tones of the second fifth is prepared, as in Fig. 68. [Illustration: Fig. 68.] The following cadences are good: [Illustration: Fig. 69.] EXERCISES Write one eight-measure phrase with two notes to the measure in one part and six in the other; one with three notes in one and six in the other; and one with two notes in one part and four in the other. (Fig. 59.) In combining the species in this and succeeding lessons the student may place |
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