FIGURE I. RANGE OF SOPRANOS AND TENORS. (D to G.)
RANGE OF CONTRALTOS AND BASSES. (G to C.)
[12] See page 61.
[13] The word counterpoint, from the Latin “punctus contra punctum,” meaning note (or point) against note, describes that mode of writing in which various melodies progress simultaneously, or one against another.
[14] Op. cit., p. 178.