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    This document outlines eight stylistic practices for voice leading between chords. The practices provide guidance on how to move voices when chords are a certain interval apart, such as a fourth or fifth. They recommend techniques like keeping common tones, moving voices by step, and doubling certain chord tones to facilitate smooth voice leading. The practices aim to produce voice leading with stepwise motion and avoid melodic skips of a tritone.

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    This document outlines eight stylistic practices for voice leading between chords. The practices provide guidance on how to move voices when chords are a certain interval apart, such as a fourth or fifth. They recommend techniques like keeping common tones, moving voices by step, and doubling certain chord tones to facilitate smooth voice leading. The practices aim to produce voice leading with stepwise motion and avoid melodic skips of a tritone.

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    This document outlines eight stylistic practices for voice leading between chords. The practices provide guidance on how to move voices when chords are a certain interval apart, such as a fourth or fifth. They recommend techniques like keeping common tones, moving voices by step, and doubling certain chord tones to facilitate smooth voice leading. The practices aim to produce voice leading with stepwise motion and avoid melodic skips of a tritone.

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    Stylistic Practices (Voice Leading)

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    1. Stylistic Practice 1 (When Keep the common tone. Move other voices by step to nearest chord tone.
    chords are a 4th or 5th apart )
    2. Stylistic Practice 2 (When If you cannot keep the common tone, move all voices in similar motion to nearest chord tone.
    chords are a 4th or 5th apart )
    3. Stylistic Practice 3 (When Keep both common tones and move the remaining upper voice stepwise.
    chords are a 3rd apart )
    4. Stylistic Practice 4 (When Move the three upper voices in contrary motion to the bass, making sure that each voice moves to the
    chords are a 2nd apart ) nearest chord tone.
    5. Stylistic Practice 5 (When Keep the usual order of voices. You are free to exchange chord factors among voices.
    chords are repeated)
    6. Stylistic Practice 6 Double any triad factor that facilitates voice leading. Favored notes are the soprano (found often) and
    bass (slightly less often). Never double the the leading tone (seventh scale degree).
    7. Stylistic Practice 7 (vii°⁶ triad) Double the third (bass note) or fifth factor. The bass note is preferred. Move all voices with as much
    stepwise motion as possible. Avoid melodic skips of a tritone.
    8. Stylistic Practice 8 (ii°⁶ triad Double the third (bass note) or the root, which will be in an upper voice. When approaching or
    in minor keys) leaving the ii°⁶ triad, make voice leading stepwise whenever possible and avoid melodic tritones.

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