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Hello,

I just wrote fifth species counterpoint and would love for someone to look it over for me. I did my best to follow the rules but want to double check. I am not done but am close to being done. I just want to make sure i've done it correctly and if you have any tips to finish or fix mistakes.

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Dylan

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Lots of 4ths. Not wrong most of the time, but be careful; in Fux's time, emphasizing the fourth via 5-4 suspension is an accented dissonance without proper preparation.
Leaps should be followed by stepwise motion in the opposite direction (i.e. mm. 7-8).
Leaping away from a dissonance is also not the best (i.e. m. 5).

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Yes, you should avoid 4ths in strong positions as in measure 4   A - D at the beginning.

I find this methods tiresome and useless (Fux or whatever of those ages). Yes, you need to have some concepts very clear: consonant intervals, dissonant intervals, chord tones and non-chord tones. And focus on that and motive manipulation.

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