Inner Voices
- create interest via motion in inner voices
- especially effective in places where melody is sustaining or resting
- most commonly used at medium or slower tempos
- aim for consistent motion (e.g., at least one voice moving on every beat)
- motions can be diatonic or chromatic
- try to resolve the motion by step in the next chord
- major seventh chords: move 5-6-7 or vice versa, with or without #5
- minor chords (especially other than in ii-V): any motions between 5-6-7-1
- dominant seventh chords: move 4-3, 9-b9, and/or 13-b13
- the 4-3 motion comes from classical suspension
- V9sus-V7b9 is essentially ii7-V7b9 with a V pedal
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