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canon-views · huron2001-tone-and-voice

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canon-views
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Earlier theorists tended to view the voice-leading canon as fixed or inviolable universals, while more recent theorists regard it as descriptive of a particular, historically encapsulated convention. A number of twentieth-century theorists have tried to build harmonic and structural theories on the foundation of voice leading.
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Earlier theorists tended to view the voice-leading canon as a set of fixed or inviolable universals. More recently, theorists have suggested that the voice-leading canon can be usefully regarded as descriptive of a particular, historically encapsulated, musical convention. A number of twentieth-century theorists have endeavored to build harmonic and structural theories on the foundation of voice-leading.
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