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 Jonelle Cunningham March 24 2023 Leading Tone always goes to the Tonic Chordal Dissonance is common in this topic- Chordal dissonance is the dissonance heard within the Chords In first inversion, the third is always in the bass Only the bass and tenor voices can have more than an octave jump The leading will resolve up and the Chordal 7th Resolves down This video was helpful to me because it gave examples and helped me to get clear understanding This figured bass helped me to understand the rules of figured bass slightly better. Predominant 7th example  Examples of dominant 7th

 Jonelle Cuningham  March 18 2023 SATB Dont Double Tendency Notes In Spacing : No more than an octave between upper voices, Pay special attention to alto and tenor Its important to have the third in the chord becasue third detremines wether chord is major or minor There are 2 positions Open Position- A chord elemnt could be placed between any of upper three voices Closed Position- No Chord element can be placed between any of 3 uppervoices Avoid Voice crossing its ok to double root and fifth Visual examples of SATB in music An example of one of the rules for SATB writing  my Video of hush little baby Helpful YouTube video that helped me understand rules of writing This videa also broke down the basic rules

 Jonelle Cunningham Feb. 24, 2023 Notes: For 4th Species notes should be consonant In hymns there are 4 parts Soprano alto tenor bass Soprano usually carries melody In dominant harmony chordal 7th and leading tone  are tendency tones the dissonant harmonic intervals of  a dominant counterpoint should open with an implied tonic harmony This vidoe was helpful in embelishment Helpful Videos: Helpful photo about embellishment in choral Audio Video Single bass line video

 Jonelle Cunningham Feb 18 2022 My Fourth Species VIDEO Fourth species is like second species counterpoint, but it starts offset with syncopation a syncopation is when notes are shifted offbeat Suspensions should be in fourth species  In fifth species it is a combination of all the species Parts of SUspension: Preparation,Suspension,resolution This video gave examples of 5th counteropints and was helpful to me This video explained 4th species well to me to understand An example of 4th species using sus and syncopation  Example of 5th jazz species  My fifth Species Video Another helpful Vidoe in helping me understand suspension: 5th species music

 Jonelle Cunningham  February 11 2023 Second and Third Species In second species there are 2 notes for every 1 note of the Cantus Firmus 2nds, 4ths, 7ths, augmented, and diminished are allowed in harmony In Second counterpoint it is advised that approach and leave Dissonances by Steps only For Third Species Counterpoint dissonances must be on the weak beats of the bar Dissonances are to be "sandwiched" or covered  on both sides by consonances   This video on second counterpoint was helpful because it went into details explaining the can's and cant's of second species counterpoint in under 10 minutes Example of second species rotating in both upper and lower voices Example of Third Species 3 notes in bar my second species My third species  NOTE : THE VIDEO TITLES FOR MY VIDOES WERE MIXES UP SO THE SECIND COUNTERPOINT VIDEO IS REALLY THE THIRD COUNTERPOINT AND VICE VERSA!!! My videos are below  This vidoe was helpful as it orovided helpful information about t...