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The 18 pages that link to Voice leading, each with the reason it gives.

• CounterpointRelated: Counterpoint depends on shaping each voice’s motion while coordinating it with the others.

• Music theoryRelated: It connects chord progressions to the smooth or purposeful motion of their parts.

• String quartetRelated: Careful voice leading lets four string parts move independently without losing harmonic clarity.

• ChromaticismRelated: Chromatic pitches often work through their semitone motion into stable chord tones.

• Chord progressionRelated: Smooth movement between chord tones can make a progression feel coherent.

• Vocal harmonyRelated: Smooth voice leading lets singers connect harmonies while keeping each part singable.

• HarmonyRelated: It describes how each pitch moves as a progression changes chords.

• Tonal musicRelated: Smooth voice leading connects chord changes while preserving tonal direction.

• Tonic (music)Related: Smooth resolution of chord tones helps make motion toward the tonic perceptible.

• Walking bassRelated: Small movements between chord tones make changes sound connected.

• Close harmonyRelated: Smooth movement between nearby notes helps vocal parts remain compact across chord changes.

• DissonanceRelated: Smooth voice leading can make dissonant notes sound purposeful and shape their resolution.

• Jazz harmonyRelated: Smooth voice leading connects dense chords without requiring large leaps in every part.

• TritoneRelated: The tritone’s notes often resolve by contrary semitone motion in tonal voice leading.

• Giovanni Pierluigi da PalestrinaRelated: Smooth, singable lines are central to the sound associated with his music.

• Common practice periodRelated: Voice-leading conventions constrain how tonal chords connect smoothly.

• Nonchord toneRelated: Nonchord tones often arise as voices move between chord tones.