Chapter 9 - Counterpoint

Question 1

Accented Neighbor Tone

Answer 1

Neighbor tone on the down beat

Question 2

Neighbor Tone

Answer 2

Embellishments by moving one step to a pitch above or below and then moving back to the first pitch

Question 3

Passing Tone

Answer 3

Melodic embellishment that fill in between chord members by stepwise motion

Question 4

Chordal Skip

Answer 4

Embellishment made by skipping from one chord member to another

Question 5

Unaccented Neighbor Tone

Answer 5

Neighbor tone on the upbeat

Question 6

Incomplete Neighbor Tone

Answer 6

Neighbor tone that is missing the note before it

Question 7

Double Neighbor Tone

Answer 7

Upper and lower neighbor tones used consecutively around the same main pitch

Question 8

Chromatic Neighbor Tone

Answer 8

A half step neighbor tone

Question 9

Chromatic Passing Tone

Answer 9

A passing tone that divides a whole step into two half steps

Question 10

Imitation

Answer 10

The contrapuntal echoing of a voice in another part

Question 11

Arpeggiation

Answer 11

A chord played one pitch at a time

Question 12

Conjunct

Answer 12

Moving primarily by step

Question 13

Disjunct

Answer 13

Moving primarily by skips or steps

Question 14

Oblique Motion

Answer 14

One part sustains a note and the other moves by leap or skip or step

Question 15

Contrary Motion

Answer 15

Two parts move in opposite directions

Question 16

Similar Motion

Answer 16

Both parts move in the same direction by different intervals

Question 17

Parallel Motion

Answer 17

Both parts move in the same direction by the same interval

Question 18

Third Species

Answer 18

Three or four notes to one note

Ex. Triplets (3:1), sixteenth notes (4:1)