Voice overlap · Rules
From one chord to the next, a voice does not rise above the note the voice above has just left, nor fall below the note the voice below has left (landing exactly on that note also counts). The leading tone rising to the tonic together with the bass in V → I is allowed.
- Voice overlap: From one chord to the next, a voice does not rise above the note the voice above has just left, nor fall below the note the voice below has left (landing exactly on that note also counts). The leading tone rising to the tonic together with the bass in V → I is allowed. (Piston, ch. 3, p. 33)