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Voice overlap — meaning in music
Voice overlap is a musical term meaning When a voice moves to a pitch the adjacent voice held in the previous chord. It is a theory concepts marking, first tested at Grade 3 in ABRSM, AMEB and Trinity music theory exams. From that grade on, every written paper expects you to know it on sight.
Definition
When a voice moves to a pitch the adjacent voice held in the previous chord
Theory conceptsFirst tested: Grade 3
Translations
| French | Lorsqu'une voix passe à une hauteur, la voix adjacente tenue dans l'accord précédent |
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| German | Wenn sich eine Stimme um eine Tonhöhe bewegt, bleibt die benachbarte Stimme im vorherigen Akkord |
| Italian | Quando una voce si sposta su un'altezza, la voce adiacente si trova nell'accordo precedente |
| Spanish | Cuando una voz alcanza un tono, la voz adyacente mantenida en el acorde anterior |
| Chinese | 当一个声音移动到一个音高时，相邻的声音保持在前一个和弦中 |
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