augmented 4th

Voice Leading in Minor Keys

Dissonant Melodic Intervals Augmented and diminished melodic intervals are uncommon but do sometimes occur. Dissonances should resolve by step: move from the dissonance to the nearest possible note. In most …

3-part leading notes rise

3-Part Voice Leading

3-Part Texture Most of the harmony rules we have learned up to now have been based on 4-part, SATB harmony. Music can, of course, be written for any number of …

crossing parts in a score

Crossing Parts

The phrase “parts cross” means that between two parts, the higher one moves downward in pitch so far that it becomes the lower one (or the lower part moves above …