Andrew Martin Smith
Voice Leading & Minimal Motion

Voice Leading & Minimal Motion

Parsimonious voice leading between pc sets under Tn and TnI
Mode
Set A
Comma-separated, space-separated, or unseparated (e.g. 047 / 014A)
Set B

Best Tn

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Best TnI

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Parsimonious ops

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all voices move ≤2 st
Show:
Common tone
Parsimonious ≤2 st
Larger motion
≡ Same set class as A
Operation
Image
Total motion (sum)
Max displacement
Common tones
Same set class as A?
Voice map
Op ↕ Sum ↕ Max ↕ Common ↕ Voice motions Image
Single-set mode: all 24 Tn/TnI images of A are computed.  |  Two-set mode: shows every operation that maps A exactly to B, plus the optimal direct voice leading.  |  Click any row for full detail.  |  Hex: A=10, B=11.

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