Re: Translation for musical phrase "Niveau-Ü berschreitung" or "Niveau-Unterschreitung"?

[Nils Gey]

This is not about voice crossing. For something simple like crossing you look 
up wikipedia and don't steal time from real humans on a mailing list :)

In German speaking music theory the term "Niveauüberschreitung" is quite 
common. A quick google search shows some amateur theory websites about this

http://www.musiktheorie.org/glossar/niveauueberschreitung.htm
http://www.lehrklaenge.de/html/weitere_regeln.html
and others.

To specify I have attached a new image, created by Janek Warchoł.

If we assume Soprano and Alt you can see that there is no voice crossing. On 
each chord soprano sings the higher and alt the lower note.
However: Alt first sings c' and soprano e'. Second chord alt sings  a' which is 
> e', the former soprano note.
Thats the fact and I need a word for it. Not something made up but an 
established phrase I can use in documentation and programs menu-labels.


Greetings, 
Nils



On Mon, 31 Jan 2011 09:27:44 +0100
David Kastrup <address@hidden> wrote:

> Christ van Willegen <address@hidden> writes:
> 
> > Hello Nils,
> >
> > 2011/1/30 Nils Gey <address@hidden>:
> >> do you know the name for the music theoretical voice progression
> >> which can be seen in this picture?
> >> The lower voice in the second cord is higher than the higher voice
> >> in the first chord. Second measure shows the same, inverted.
> >
> > Perhaps 'voice crossing' is what you are looking for?
> 
> The German term for that would be "Stimmkreuzung".  I never ever heard

> "Niveauüberschreitung".
> 
> > From the image you sent, it's not clear that the notes are from
> > different voices. Were I to show this to the choir I sing in, the
> > sopranos would sing the highest note, and not the lowest in the second
> > chord.
> 
> Yup.  The description is so vague and inconsistent, it is hard to figure
> out what he is trying to describe.
> 
> -- 
> David Kastrup
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