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 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...