– the Term as such comes from the Choral Music, but Applies to Chord Progressions in All Sorts of Arrangements
– it is the Approach of How Chords can be Connected in a Harmonic Progression
– i.e. the Manner in which Each Voice in One Chord Transitions to the Corresponding Voice in the Subsequent Chord
– for Example if you were to Compose a Melody with a certain Chord Progression and Arrange 3 Singing Voices beneath the Melody to Flesh out the Chords, you would usually Not want the Melodic Lines of the 3 Singing Voices to have to jump around across Awkward Wide Intervals from One Note to the Next, so you would try to Follow the Rules of Voice Leading Outlines in Classical Music Theory to Produce smooth Musical Lines
– Orchestral Composers think about Voice Leading
– Pianists pay Attention to Voice Leading to Perform Progressions with the Least Amount of Changes in Hand Position and the Smoothest Fingering Patterns
– Guitarists usually don’t (can´t) Implement fully Voice Leading Technique due to the Nature of the Relationship of the Pitches on the 6 Strings
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