#Voice-Leading

Voice-leading is the art of guiding multiple melodic lines across a tightrope so that they never collide. Each line seems to possess its own will, and yet must be choreographed into the grand illusion called harmony. Any misstep invites the plague of dissonance, a sonic landmine lurking in the score. Practitioners tread the boundary between reason and black magic, wandering through an endless labyrinth of sound. An audience’s sense of miracle arises only when the lines have, by sheer luck, avoided catastrophe.