Listed below are some of the most frequently encountered voice-leading errors in the [[common practice]]. It is important to remember that these are not necessarily “errors” in and of themselves but are astylistic within a particular compositional practice.
- Uninflected scale degrees
- [[unraised leading tone in the minor mode]]
- Unresolved tendency tones
- [[ti → do]]
- [[fa → mi (me)]]
- [[le → sol]]
- Forbidden motions
- [[parallel fifths]]
- [[parallel octaves]]
- [[parallel fifths and octaves]]
- [[fifths by contrary motion]]
- [[octaves by contrary motion]]
- [[hidden fifths]]
- [[hidden octaves]]
- Registral errors
- [[spacing errors]]
- [[voice crossing]]
- [[voice overlap]]
- Melodic errors
- melodic dissonances