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Author:  Gerald Oplinger Posted:  2/23/03; 4:52:04 PM Topic:  Voice Leading Msg#:  3500 (in response to 3498) Prev/Next:  3499/3501 Reads:  1070

David: Thanks for a very comprehensive explanation, which pretty well matches the "guide tones" (3rd & 7th movement) voice leading principles I've been taught. When comping or playing chord melody on the guitar, though, it is very common practice to use a lot of drop-2 or drop-3 chords so the root is very often not on the bottom, or to use rootless voicings. This seems to work fine, even if you don't have a bass or piano supplying the roots below you. (I would not of course expect the scores on song trellis to be written that way.)

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