Notation software that checks voice leading errors

Connecting chords in the best possible way is a composition technique called "voice leading". Over the past 300 years, from the time of J. S. Bach, rules of harmony have emerged that help optimize the way chords are connected.

The unique score editor called HarmonyBuilder (Educational) will automatically check for any errors in the voice leading of a chord progression, such as parallel or hidden fifths and octaves.

Watch the video to see all the errors that this software will detect.

http://www.harmonybuilder.com

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Music

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• harmony
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• voicing
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• bass
• counterpoint

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@IvanDBeltran

If you're well versed in 4 part harmony, then I agree you can notate chords on paper swiftly and accurately. But you will not get acoustic feedback, for which you would need a piano. Experienced composers have a rich palette of chord sounds in their head, and can effortlessly notate these sounds. But student composers may well benefit from a tool that helps develop this relationship between notation and sound, and so the time spent launching the program may have its benefits!

[IvanDBeltran]

Looks great, but it seems to demand more time than doing an actual chorale in paper.