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Voice Leading

Voice Leading is a fundamental principle of music theory that governs the smooth and coherent progression of individual melodic lines within a harmonic context to ensure structural clarity and aural continuity.

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2017–2026

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65

Tone and Voice: A Derivation of the Rules of Voice-Leading from Perceptual Principles

David Huron · Music Perception An Interdisciplinary Journal · 2001 · 362 citations

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Generalized Voice-Leading Spaces

Clifton Callender, Ian Quinn, Dmitri Tymoczko · Science · 2008 · 231 citations

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Harmony and Voice Leading

David Brodbeck, Edward Aldwell, Carl Schachter · Perspectives of New Music · 1982 · 229 citations

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Tonal Harmony, with an Introduction to Twentieth-Century Music

Ann K. McNamee, Stefan Kostka, Dorothy Payne · Journal of Music Theory · 1986 · 138 citations

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Uniformity, Balance, and Smoothness in Atonal Voice Leading

Jacob Straus · Music Theory Spectrum · 2003 · 131 citations

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Authors

75

  1. DT
    Dmitri Tymoczko

    Princeton University, United States

    9 publications · 439 citations

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  2. JS
    Joseph Straus

    Max Planck Society, Germany

    4 publications · 118 citations

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  3. JY
    Jason Yust

    Boston University, United States

    3 publications · 93 citations

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  4. DL
    David Lewin

    University of California, Los Angeles, United States

    2 publications · 73 citations

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  5. CC
    Clifton Callender

    Yale University, United States

    2 publications · 321 citations

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Institutions

31

  1. Princeton University

    Princeton, United States

    6 h-index

    8 publications

    792 citations

  2. École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

    Lausanne, Switzerland

    2 h-index

    5 publications

    70 citations

  3. McGill University

    Montreal, Canada

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    54 citations

  4. Technical University of Munich

    Munich, Germany

    2 h-index

    6 publications

    111 citations

  5. University of New Mexico

    Albuquerque, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    10 citations

  6. Yale University

    New Haven, United States

    1 h-index

    3 publications

    693 citations

  7. Western Sydney University

    Richmond, Australia

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    32 citations

  8. Pomona College

    Claremont, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    13 citations

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Venues

  1. Journal of Music Theory

    11 publications · 567 citations

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  2. Music Theory Spectrum

    11 publications · 465 citations

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  3. Music Theory Online

    MTO · 6 publications · 124 citations

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  4. Journal of Mathematics and Music

    5 publications · 83 citations

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  5. Music Analysis

    5 publications · 154 citations

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