Voice Leading XI

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This also applies to minor keys (also all modes).The next examples are with C Harmonic Minor.


Normal Progression:
Find common tone and move other voices scale wise.




First examples will all be in C harmonic minor (4 note chords) using Normal Progressions:
Descending chord progressions. (notes are written lowest tone on left to highest tone on right)
These chords are all created from the C Harmonic Minor Scale: C, D, Eb, F, G, Ab, B, C.



C, Eb, G, B (C minor major seventh)
B, D, F, G (G dominant seventh - first inversion)
Ab, C, Eb, F (F minor seventh - first inversion)
G, Ab, C, Eb (Ab major seventh - third inversion)
Eb, G, B, C (C minor major seventh - first inversion)
imaj7, V7, iv7, VImaj7, imaj7 progression.


G, C, Eb, B (C minor major seventh - second inversion)
F, B, D, G (G dominant seventh - third inversion)
F, Ab, C, D (D minor seventh flat fifth - first inversion)
Eb, F, Ab, C (F minor seventh - fourth inversion)
C, Eb, G, C (C minor)
imaj7, V7, ii7b5, iv7, i progression.


F, Ab, C, Eb (F minor seventh)
Eb, G, B, C (C minor major seventh - first inversion)
D, F, G, B (G dominant seventh - second inversion)
C, D, F, Ab (D minor seventh flat fifth - third inversion)
B, D, F, G (G dominant seventh - first inversion)
G, B, C, Eb (C minor major seventh - second inversion)
iv, imaj7, V7, ii7b5, V7, imaj7 progression.




C, G, B, Eb (C minor major seventh)
B, F, G, D (G dominant seventh - first inversion)
B, D, F, Ab (B diminished seventh)
Ab, C, Eb, G (Ab major seventh)
F, B, D, G (G seventh - third inversion)
Eb, G, C, G (C minor)
imaj7, V7, viio7, VImaj7, V7, i progression.


D, F, Ab, C (D minor seventh flat fifth)
C, Eb, G, C (C minor major seventh)
B, D, F, Ab (B diminished seventh)
G, B, D, F (G dominant seventh)
F, Ab, C, Eb (F minor seventh)
Eb, G, B, D (Eb maj7 augmented)
D, F, Ab, C (D minor seventh flat fifth) octave below first
C, Eb, G, B, C (C minor major seventh)
ii7b5, imaj7, viio7, V7, iv7, IIImaj7+, ii7b5, imaj7 progression.


G, C, Eb, B (C minor major seventh - second inversion)
F, B, D, G (G dominant seventh - third inversion)
F, Ab, C, Eb (F minor seventh)
Eb, G, B, C (C minor major seventh - first inversion)
imaj7, V7, iv7, imaj7 progression.


Eb, G, C, B (C minor major seventh - first inversion)
D, F, B, G (G dominant seventh - second inversion)
C, D, Ab, F, (D minor seventh flat fifth - third inversion)
Ab, C, F, Eb (F minor seventh - first inversion)
G, B, Eb, C (C minor major seventh - second inversion)
imaj7, V7, ii7b5, iv7, imaj7 progression.





Now transpose these to each position (register) of your instrument, then to all 15 keys.





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