Geometric Voice Leading Presentation?

Question

I'm coming from a non-academic background and just trying to understand the rules of voice leading for pursuing a future composing career. I've always found difficulties in understanding this topic on paper and in practice, especially I'm a guitar player who's more into using ears and feel to compose in general. Only recently I've read an article about presenting the progress of scale degrees on both the Chromatic Circle and the Circle of Fifths as geometric shapes like triangles and trapezoid, and it really made a lot of sense to me. I started analyzing chord progressions on both circles and just noticed the difference between them and the way they represent the shapes. Now I have these questions: 1. Is this a good way to understand the topic or not? If not, what's the best way? 2. What's the difference in practice between the two circles? Thanks for answers

Answer 1

You ask about voice leading, then you talk about chord progression. Though they happen concurrently in a piece of music, they are two different things. For a good primer on voice leading, look up the term "Voice leading" in Wikipedia.

Answer 2