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Meaning of "voice-leading" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF VOICE-LEADING

voice-leading  [ˈvɔɪsˌliːdɪŋ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF VOICE-LEADING

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preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Voice-Leading is a noun.
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WHAT DOES VOICE-LEADING MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Voice leading

In musical composition, voice leading is a musical arrangement for any type of voicing where each musical note transitions to the next in a smooth, harmonious way.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH VOICE-LEADING


beading
ˈbiːdɪŋ
bleeding
ˈbliːdɪŋ
breast-feeding
ˈbrɛstfiːdɪŋ
breeding
ˈbriːdɪŋ
exceeding
ɪkˈsiːdɪŋ
feeding
ˈfiːdɪŋ
interbreeding
ˌɪntəˈbriːdɪŋ
leading
ˈliːdɪŋ
linebreeding
ˈlaɪnˌbriːdɪŋ
misleading
mɪsˈliːdɪŋ
mispleading
mɪsˈpliːdɪŋ
pleading
ˈpliːdɪŋ
preceding
prɪˈsiːdɪŋ
proceeding
prəˈsiːdɪŋ
proofreading
ˈpruːfˌriːdɪŋ
reading
ˈriːdɪŋ
receding
rɪˈsiːdɪŋ
speeding
ˈspiːdɪŋ
succeeding
səkˈsiːdɪŋ
weeding
ˈwiːdɪŋ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE VOICE-LEADING

voice part
voice production
voice range
voice recognition
voice response
voice synthesis
voice synthesizer
voice training
voice vote
voice-activated
voice-lift
voice-over
voiced
voiceful
voicefulness
voiceless
voicelessly
voicelessness
voiceprint
voicer

WORDS THAT END LIKE VOICE-LEADING

according
carbon trading
day trading
degrading
downloading
fading
first reading
grading
heading
homesteading
insider trading
invading
lading
loading
recommended reading
roading
self-loading
shading
trading
unloading
wading

Synonyms and antonyms of voice-leading in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «voice-leading» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF VOICE-LEADING

Find out the translation of voice-leading to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of voice-leading from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «voice-leading» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

话音领先
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

voz líder
570 millions of speakers

English

voice-leading
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

आवाज की अग्रणी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الرائدة في الصوت
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Голос ведущей
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

levando - voz
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ভয়েস-নেতৃস্থানীয়
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

la conduite des voix
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Suara yang terkemuka
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Stimmführung
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

声をリードする
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

음성 선도
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Voice-leading
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

giọng nói hàng đầu
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

குரல் முன்னணி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

आवाज-अग्रगण्य
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

ses lideri
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

- la voce principale
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

wiodący głos
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Голос ведучої
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

- voce de lider
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

voice-leading
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

stem leidende
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

röst - ledande
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

voice- ledende
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of voice-leading

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «VOICE-LEADING»

The term «voice-leading» is normally little used and occupies the 117.797 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «VOICE-LEADING» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about voice-leading

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «VOICE-LEADING»

Discover the use of voice-leading in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to voice-leading and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Harmony and Voice Leading
The fourth edition now includes a chapter introducing species counterpoint and integrates that material into the rest of the text.
Edward Aldwell, Carl Schachter, Allen Cadwallader, 2010
2
Counterpoint in Composition: The Study of Voice Leading
Dr. Salzer and Dr. Schachter assembled it to show the connections between the simple procedures of species counterpoint and the complexities of composition, an approach to counterpoint deriving from the work of Heinrich Schenker.
Felix Salzer, Carl Schachter, 1989
3
Single-voice Transformations: A Model for Parsimonious Voice ...
Voice leading between chords of differing cardinalities is obtained through split and fuse operations; these are formalized mathematically and generalized as parsimonious voice-leading relations between pair-ordered set classes called split ...
Brandon Derfler, 2007
4
Workbook : Harmony and Voice Leading
Provides material for homework assignments, classroom demonstrations, and periodic reviews. A generous assortment of excerpts from the literature for assignments in analysis. Volume II corresponds with the second half of the text.
Edward Aldwell, Carl Schachter, Karen Bottge, 2010
5
Pitch Contour, Text Setting in Anton Webern's Song " Die ...
Finally, in this section I use the piano prelude and the first phrase of this piece ( mm.1-7) to explore how harmonic and voice leading structures work to articulate form. Here I adapt Joseph Straus's theories of atonal voice leading as described in ...
Yi-Cheng Wu, 2007
6
Schenker Studies 2
Concerning my title, the question may be raised as to how voice leading can be viewed as drama. The expected, paratactic "Voice leading and drama" is a more typical title after all. The allusion to Joseph Kerman's famous book is of course ...
Carl Schachter, Hedi Siegel, 2006
7
A Geometry of Music: Harmony and Counterpoint in the ...
Inverting this voice leading uniformly around A4/Bf4, we get an efficient voice leading from E7 to the same diminished chord. In (c), we retrograde the voice leading in (b) and attach it to (a). Removing the middle chord (d) gives us an efficient ...
Dmitri Tymoczko, 2011
8
Practical Theory, Vol 3
This is called smooth voice leading. Chord Progression all in root position C F G7 ( Chord Progression using inversions IV V7 IV V7 I 2nd 1st inversion inversion " When played or sung by 3 instruments or vocalists, the 5th (D) would be omitted.
Feldstein, Sandy
9
The Cambridge History of Western Music Theory
They could have learned much of their technique from treatises, especially from those portions devoted to counterpoint. Today, we often think of counterpoint as consisting primarily of rules of voice leading. Such rules, which are found in ...
Thomas Christensen, 2002
10
Expression in Pop-rock Music: A Collection of Critical and ...
Voice Leading. Tonal Structure. and the Theme of Self-Realization in the Music of Sarah McLachlan Timothy Koozin The songs of Sarah McLachlan are finely wrought and immensely popular. combining captivating vocal and electronic ...
Walter Everett, 2000

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «VOICE-LEADING»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term voice-leading is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Culture Fusion at the Athenaeum
There was a lullaby-type vibe to “Deer's Leap,” complete with gentle, delicate voice-leading that set up poignant essays from each player , and the episodic “Old ... «NBC 7 San Diego, Jul 15»
2
Pianist Alexander Schimpf: thoughtful, intense but hard to follow
However, his musical rhetoric is often hard to follow; phrases didn't flow naturally from one to the next, and the voice-leading was strange at times. For me, the ... «Washington Post, May 15»
3
Barnatan displays exceptional artistry in Bach-inspired program
His style of phrasing, however, was unabashedly pianistic, with a discreet, unmannered rubato in the slow sections and lucid voice-leading in the faster fugues. «Boston Classical Review, Dec 14»
4
Israeli pianist Einav Yarden at the Phillips
... with superb voice-leading and a sense of purpose in every note. Yarden might not have demonstrated the hyper-immaculate technique that has become the ... «Washington Post, Dec 14»
5
Beyond Blues: Progressive Progressions
Use voice-leading to develop a more fluid sound. Click here to download a printable PDF of this lesson's notation. A few months ago, I wrote a lesson about the ... «Premier Guitar, Mar 14»
6
Was Mozart Really a Better Composer Than His Peers?
This is a simple voice-leading rule in the way you write music that says you're not supposed to have voices that are a perfect interval away from each other move ... «Slate Magazine, Jan 14»
7
Fretboard Workshop: Using Triads to Create A Solo
5 includes all of these shapes to create smooth voice-leading. Voice-leading is a trick used by composers and arrangers to make sure no voice jumps too far ... «Premier Guitar, Jul 13»
8
CONCERT REVIEW Changing perceptions, changing the rules
Although more traditional voice-leading in the choral parts made Netzer's work one of the most accessible of the evening, Netzer's work bore significantly more ... «The MIT Tech, Apr 10»
9
Generalized Voice-Leading Spaces
Western musicians traditionally classify pitch sequences by disregarding the effects of five musical transformations: octave shift, permutation, transposition, ... «Science Magazine, Apr 08»
10
Bach Consort's 'St. Luke Passion,' Making the Most of Its Strengths
This is a fragile, earnest effort by an anonymus composer who had not yet mastered his craft, replete with uneven phrases, awkward voice-leading and some ... «Washington Post, Mar 07»

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