A Treatise on Simple Counterpoint in Forty Lessons

by Friedrich J. Lehmann

EXERCISES

Write one eight-measure phrase, each, of the following combinations: The fifth species with the second; the fifth with the third; and the fifth with the fourth. Write also two eight-measure phrases with fifth species in both parts. [[Fig. 85.]]

Fig. 85.

SIMPLE COUNTERPOINT IN THREE PARTS

LESSON XI

FIRST SPECIES

Fig. 86.

Regard all rules for two-part counterpoint, unless otherwise mentioned.

If possible, each measure should contain a complete chord. When in the first species it becomes necessary to double an interval, let it be preferably the root. The third should be doubled only when a decidedly smoother melodic progression is thereby obtained; and when both thirds are in outer parts, each should be approached and left stepwise in one direction ([Fig. 87]). The doubling of the fifth is, of course, impossible, since it necessitates the omission of the third.

Fig. 87.