So I told myself that I’d post every week. This week and the next 2 weeks I’m try to stick to a very strict schedule in order to get projects done in time for finals.* This means that I have to do work other than specifically my dissertation things, so post here may be short…

Here are some insights on Voice Leading and Functional Analysis from Saturday: – There are two important tendency tones – anything that is a 7 in a sub/superscript, and the leading tone, which is always 3 of D. (Other added tones such as 6 and 9 will have their own desires as well.) – 7…

A comment I’ve gotten a couple of times in the last several months is along the lines of “but we use figured bass to teach voice leading/part writing! How will our students learn these valuable skills without it?”* This weekend, I’m planning on having a discussion about voice leading specifically with some friends and colleagues,…