When we look at (top score) the crossing from bar 3 to bar 4, it seems to me that's a fourth Species Counterpoint. On the other hand in the treatise of Fux it's written that in the fourth Species Counterpoint, to know if one has the right, one must think of removing the "delay". Here if we remove it we are left with 2 parallel fifths. Which for Fux is not allowed. In the bottom score: bars 4 and 5, we have 2 parallel octaves separated by the interval E-G. There is a second between the half note of the first octave and the following half note and according to Fux, a minimum fourth is needed to be accepted. But it's true that for Fux it's when the octaves are on a down-beat. This isn't the case here. So I don't know if it's right.
Thanks for your comment. It is always best to move in the opposite direction after a leap of a fourth or larger. In this particular case, I preferred the contrary motion for the last three measures (and to approach the C# in the second-to-last measure from below), as it makes the ending stronger and the parts more independent.
Appreciate the video! Finally getting a clearer view into counterpoint....
When we look at (top score) the crossing from bar 3 to bar 4, it seems to me that's a fourth Species Counterpoint. On the other hand in the treatise of Fux it's written that in the fourth Species Counterpoint, to know if one has the right, one must think of removing the "delay". Here if we remove it we are left with 2 parallel fifths. Which for Fux is not allowed.
In the bottom score: bars 4 and 5, we have 2 parallel octaves separated by the interval E-G. There is a second between the half note of the first octave and the following half note and according to Fux, a minimum fourth is needed to be accepted. But it's true that for Fux it's when the octaves are on a down-beat. This isn't the case here. So I don't know if it's right.
In the fourth measure from the end you made a leap of a 4th and resolved it with a step in the same direction? When is it ok to do that?
Thanks for your comment. It is always best to move in the opposite direction after a leap of a fourth or larger. In this particular case, I preferred the contrary motion for the last three measures (and to approach the C# in the second-to-last measure from below), as it makes the ending stronger and the parts more independent.