Re: [tuning] Re: Tuning Lattices (II)

Quoting Carl Lumma <clumma@...>:

>> I can't imagine measuring voice leading on the lattice. On a 2x3
>> lattice, the distance C4->G4 would be 1, while the distance C4->D4
>> would be 3 (up two perfect fifths, and down one octave). So anyone
>> minimizing lattice distance would prefer lots of voices moving by
>> perfect fifth to voices moving by step. This might be useful for
>> some purposes, but not voice leading, where steps are smaller than
>> fifths.
>
> I hate to argue on both sides of this, but SATB voice leading
> rules favor fourths, fifths, and whole tones (in that order) over
> semitones, at least in the bass.

True only of the bass, and as Margo can tell you, not true for earlier
styles, which favor stepwise progressions in all voices.

-A.

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