Voice crossing

As the voice crossing over or under Climbing a voice is defined by another in the musical music theory. In the orchestral instrumentation of the late Romantic and present the voice crossing (or slot interchange ) is effective in certain sound effects. For example, if bass instruments are performed in high positions and high instruments in deep layers.

Since the organic national and diskantierenden votes were not yet bound to sound spaces in the Middle Ages, this time crossing voices are not yet viewed as a special case in compositions. Only with the spatial definition of the situation voice (Single voice ) and the well-planned By designing the polyphonic record since 15-16. Century are crossing voices an exception (see also Heterolepsis ). But for bypassing faulty voice leading and due to the nature of the thematic material, such as a fugue subject, the voice crossing is still in use. Thus, for example, sonic parallels ( in stages ) are considered justified, the voices should cross.

• Counterpoint
• Harmony