first species
noun
variants
or first-species counterpoint
: 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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