I am working on a second species counterpoint and I am a bit stuck. This is what I have so far:
Any tips for where to go from here? The exercise I found online gave me all the notes of the CF and only the first 3 notes of the counterpoint below.
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1Just to clarify: the initial "E F# G" of the counterpoint were given, and the following "E D E" were added by you? – Aaron Feb 05 '21 at 00:32
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@Aaron yes, correct! – Dylan Cataldo Feb 05 '21 at 01:00
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1I've done a possible version of the 8 bars, but I am not able to upload the image. It keeps saying it is too big. :( Sorry - I've not tried to add an image here before. If it's of any use, I could explain to you what I did, and you could write the notes down Also, I could explain what I did and why. – Jomiddnz Feb 05 '21 at 06:18
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@Jomiddnz if you want you could explain it here or email it to me: [email protected] – Dylan Cataldo Feb 05 '21 at 11:14
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@Jomiddnz it might be easier to email it to me. thanks – Dylan Cataldo Feb 05 '21 at 17:33
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I think the biggest sticking point may be the final sixteenth note you have in the opening measure. That last E, if it's intended to be a passing tone within the second-species guideline, is actually impossible to use correctly, because it would necessitate an F♯ on the downbeat of the next measure, which would be a dissonant tritone with the soprano C (and thus not allowed).
Try changing that E to another consonance with the B and see if that helps get you going in the second measure.
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thanks! I changed it to a G which is a third. But then I am repeating a G in the same measure. – Dylan Cataldo Feb 05 '21 at 22:11