Gary
May 8/2024
Concept
Voice leading
Voice leading is the practice of smoothly transitioning from one chord to another, while treating each individual note as a note in a melody.
Voice leading is the linear progression of individual melodic lines
Any pitch (except the roots) from a chord structure
would move to the nearest chord tone of the subsequent chord following an order of preference:
Common tone (no movement)Half-step movement
Whole-step movement
Movement in thirds (major or minor
Barrie Nettles. Berklee, Harmony 2, Pg 23