Timeline for In species counterpoint, is the fourth above a third a consonance or a dissonance?
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| Aug 11, 2023 at 20:51 | comment | added | ttw | It's often treated, in CPP harmony, as a dissonance. Especially with a doubled G. The 6-4 chord needs special care. In a cadential setting, it cab treated as a double neighbor to a chord with the bass as root:. G-C-E->-B-D. other uses are possible. | |
| Aug 1, 2023 at 7:26 | comment | added | Someone else | then how about G-E-C, is this config dissonant? | |
| Dec 10, 2020 at 3:58 | vote | accept | Liisi | ||
| Dec 9, 2020 at 11:40 | comment | added | jjmusicnotes | I’ve always held the view the 4th was considered dissonant because it was considered “unstable” likely stemming from contextual cultural emphasis on its use relegated to neighboring tones and suspensions. | |
| Dec 9, 2020 at 8:19 | history | answered | ttw | CC BY-SA 4.0 |