Originally Posted by: bcraig4J

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Originally Posted by: bcraig4J

Ok First I will start to arrange the notes in the Chord so that top melody is the C note by using inversion

Second I want use voice leading for each chord into the next chord as smooth as possible

but making sure that the C note is always the top note melody

[p]Voice leading is a wonderful tool! But if C is always the top note then your melody is going to be quite monotone.

Having the chords change under a stationary melody note is called oblique motion. And it can typically work for a measure or two, but after a while, the melody needs variation or to go somewhere. It needs a story arc!

A great example of this is Bach's Air on a G String. At the beginning of the main phrase the melody note stays stationary for 2 bars & into the 3rd! While the chords change underneath.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GMkmQlfOJDk

But notice that the melody eventually does change to different notes to keep things moving along & interesting.

Another more frequently used oblique technique is to have the bass note remain stationary while the chords & melody above provide the motion & interest. Bach again in his Prelude in C Major is a great example.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=frxT2qB1POQ

But even there the bass note doesn't always stay on just one note.

Anyway, voice leading is a great concept to understand & use. And oblique motion is one of the types of contrapuntal motions along with similar & contrary. It's a good idea for a composer to be familiar with all these concepts & techniques!

[quote=bcraig4J]1 track in a string patch playing just a C note drone

2 track I will be using a piano patch just playing all the chord that had C in them over track1

[p]That sounds like an interesting experiment to discover how oblique motion works, how chords can have common tones. But eventually I'm assuming you want to make a piece of music, right?

With that in mind you might enjoy my series of tutorials on music theory.

https://www.guitartricks.com/collection/music-theory

This lesson in particular mentions voice leading.

https://www.guitartricks.com/lesson.php?input=11531&s_id=495

And this lesson explicitly focuses on oblique motion in the context of harmony lines.

https://www.guitartricks.com/lesson.php?input=24389&s_id=2000

Hope that helps!