Species 2
This is the ratio of the counterpoint.
What is 2:1?
These are the two ways (beats) to begin a Species 3 exercise.
What is on the downbeat or on beat two?
This NCT moves by step to a not and back from where it came.
What is a Neighbor Tone?
What is a Suspension?
What are the chodral 3rd and 7th? (What are scale degrees 7 and 4?)
These are the two ways (beats) to begin a Species 2 exercise.
What are on beat 1 (strong) or on beat 3 (weak)?
These two terms are the only exception to the rule "all dissonance must be stepwise".
What are the Double Neighbor and Nota Cambiata?
This NCT moves by step in the same direction.
What is a Passing Tone?
This NCT leaps to a dissonance and resolves by step.
What is an Appagiatura?
What is the V6/5?
These are the two ways to end a Species 2 exercise.
What is TI-DO or LA-TI-DO?
The second-to-last measure typically ends with this solfeggio.
What is TI-DO-LA-TI-DO?
What is the 2-3 suspension?
This NCT steps into dissonance and leaps out to consonance.
What is an Escape Tone?
This chord is typically used in Neighboring function.
What is the V4/3?
This is when all dissonance occurs.
What is the weak beat?
This is a 5-note figure that means "changed note"?
What is a Nota Cambiata?
This is a lot like a suspension, but it resolves upward instead of downward.
What is a Retardation?
This NCT features a repetition of a note which will appear in the following chord.
What is an Anticipation?
This chord must resolve to I6 because of the chordal 7th in the bass.
What is a V4/2?
When the CPT is below the CF, one must avoid this at the ending.
What is LA-TI-DO?
This is typically when to leap.
What is within the measure?
These are the three kinds of suspensions we've covered.
What are 4-3, 7-6, and 9-8 suspensions.
This NCT is one of the few typically to be in the bass and has to do with chords changing above it.
What is Pedal Point?
This is the scale degree one may "frustrate" when in the alto or tenor voices.
What is the 7th scale degree? (What is the Leading Tone?)