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species counterpoint: a standalone construct

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Music theory

a graded method of learning counterpoint by adding a line to a cantus firmus in five species of increasing rhythmic freedom.

In music theory, species counterpoint refers to a graded method of learning counterpoint by adding a line to a cantus firmus in five species of increasing rhythmic freedom. This meaning comes from Fux (1725) in Gradus ad Parnassum.[1]

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References

Fux, J. J. (1725). Gradus ad Parnassum. J. P. van Ghelen. Open Library record

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