Write two eight-measure phrases mixing the first and second species in all parts.
To cantus firmus b write counterpoints in the second species in the other two parts. Write two settings, with the cantus firmus in different parts.
Canti Firmi
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LESSON XIV
THIRD SPECIES
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The suggestions for third species in two-part counterpoint, as well as those for writing the second species in three-part counterpoint, apply when writing third species in three-part counterpoint.
The cadences at [Fig. 108] are good, and will suggest others.
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