fourth species
noun
variants
or fourth-species counterpoint
: species counterpoint in which the added voice is metrically displaced so as to produce a series of suspensions (see suspension sense 1e(1)) against the cantus firmus
The notation of the fourth species is similar to the second, but syncopated.—Sir Frederick Bridge, Counterpoint, 1878
called also syncopated counterpoint
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