first species
noun
variants:
or first-species counterpoint
Definition of first species
: species counterpoint in which the added voice moves in note values identical to those of the cantus firmus
… the most important technique studied in the first species is the connection of perfect and imperfect consonances through the four types of motion …— Henry Martin, Counterpoint, 2005
— called also (old-fashioned) equal counterpoint
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