Connection of Triads, Showing no External Agreement

• harmony must express all of the emotions of the soul
• these chords may not have out connections but they may share less visible inner connections
• the question – do we just move the voices the next closest note in the proceeding chord?
• first we need to know our options for moving the voices
  • the three ways that we perceive motion
    1. parallel motion [motus rectus] – voicings that progress in the same direction
    2. oblique motion [motus obliquus] – one voice moves while the other does not
    3. contrary motion [motus contrarius] – both voices move away from one another
• parallelism to be cautious of:
  1. parallel octaves
  2. parallel fifths
     • the reason being that they counteract the independent movement of voices
• the answer to our question – no, we cannot just lead the voices the closest note in the next chord [in these chords with no connections]
  • then we will encounter our problems of parallel fifths and octaves
• how do we solve this problem then?
  • we need to use contrary motion without utilizing great skips
    • if we use these large skips, or leaps, then we are still creating the problem of the parallel fifths and octaves
• after mastering this, one is able to connect all chords of the major scale!