16c Discussion - Advanced mode mixture

Magical Modes

“What strategies can we use to voice these progressions with modal mixture?”

Try to find stepwise motion in each voice. Smooth voice leading!
Keep in mind our traditional voice leading rules. We want to keep our voices independent.
Dont double tendency tones!
Start from the beginning? (maybe not) The voice leading can be easier to manage if you start from the end and work backwards.
In a weird kind of way, smooth voice leading trumps function and can make these progressions with modal mixture sound convincing. ii should not go to I by our traditional rules, but iiø7 sure can because it has such good voice leading.

“Modal Mixture or non-chord tone?”

Look for whether or not it is on or off the beat. This can determine the strength of the chromatic pitch.
Is it in the melody? If so, it can be heard as a passing tone.
Look at the duration of the pitch. A longer note could more easily be argued into being a chord tone of modal mixture.

Poor voice leading

Reasonable - Each line is independent.

Expanding beyond four voices

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