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Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2014
Abstract
The total voice leading between sets X and Y is defined as the complete collection of ordered pc intervals formed between the pcs in X and the pcs in Y. These interval multisets (imultisets) describe the sonic signature of the motion from X to Y, and they always have the property of transpositional combination. In some cases, the same total voice leading may be produced by different pairs of X and Y (Cohn 1988 refers to this as “multiple parentage”). In such cases, the total voice leading may remain the same even though the generating chords differ.
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MTO 20.2 Examples: Joseph N. Straus, Total Voice Leading.
MTO 20.2 Examples: Joseph N. Straus, Total Voice Leading.
Comments
This item appeared in Music Theory Online in Volume 20, Issue 2 on June 2014. It was authored by Joseph N. Straus, jstraus@gc.cuny.edu, with whose written permission it is reprinted here.