[Illustration: Fig. 84.]


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.]

[Illustration: Fig. 85.]




SIMPLE COUNTERPOINT IN THREE PARTS

LESSON XI

FIRST SPECIES


[Illustration: 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