Goodrick Universal Music Notation

Key To Mr. Goodchord’s Voice Leading Charts

THE FIRST CHORD IN THE PROGRESSION IDENTIFIED BY THE CHORD SYMBOL ABOVE IT. THE CHORDS ARE BUILT VERTICALLY (IN THIS CASE LOWEST NOTE IN THE STRUCTURE IS ‘C’). THE PROGRESSION MOVES FROM LEFT TO RIGHT. THE VOICES MOVE UP OR DOWN IN THE DIRECTION OF THE ARROWS OR REMAIN THE SAME FROM CHORD TO CHORD AS SHOWN BY THE COMMON TONE DASHES.

Triad

SHOWS THE INTERVAL MOTION BETWEEN VOICES REGARDLESS OF THEIR PLACEMENT WITHIN THE CHORD

Chord Family: B.N. II Voicing Type: Drop 2 Intervallic Voice-Leading

2nd 3rd c.t. 2nd

Scale: C major

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REPEAT SIGNS WORK THE SAME WAY THEY DO IN STANDARD MUSIC NOTATION: REPEAT WHAT IS BETWEEN THEM.

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Functional Voice-Leading

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down

DEPICTS THE MOTION BETWEEN FUNCTIONS (CHORD TONES) REGARDLESS OF THEIR PLACEMENT WITHIN THE CHORD

Cycle: 4

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AN ALTERNATE VIEW OF THE FUNCTIONAL VOICE LEADING

c.t.

down

THE BRACKETED NOTES ARE THE MELODIC STRAND THAT, WHEN REPLICATED, CREATE THE LINE FOR THE VOICE LEADING. [CYCLES 4 & 5 HAVE TWO M.S.R.P.’s ]

M.S.R.P. MELODIC STRAND REPLICATION PROCEDURE: A NAME FOR THE PROCESS FROM WHICH THE MELODIC SOURCE MATERIAL FOR THE VOICE LEADING IS DERIVED

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.. THIS NUMBER SHOWS THE NOTE FUNCTION WITHIN THE CHORD AND WHERE THAT VOICE BEGINS ITS VOICE LEADING WITHIN THE M.S.R.P.

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