- A
nonchord tone (NCT),
nonharmonic tone, or
embellishing tone is a note in a
piece of
music or song that is not part of the
implied or
expressed chord...
-
pedal tone is
considered a
chord tone in the
original harmony, then a
nonchord tone
during the
intervening dissonant harmonies, and then a
chord tone...
- root. In harmony, the
consonance and
dissonance of a
chord factor and a
nonchord tone are distinguished, respectively.
Chord factors are
taken into consideration...
- expectation. Technically, anti****tion also
refers specifically to a type of
nonchord tone. Note: This
section refers to the
process of
generating the thought...
-
earliest usage, the
seventh was
introduced solely as an
embellishing or
nonchord tone. The
seventh destabilized the triad, and
allowed the
composer to emphasize...
- trill, turn or
cambiata on each note in turn, or by the
introduction of
nonchord tones or
arpeggio figures. The
English term 'division'
broadly corresponds...
-
pedal tone or
point in
degree or quality. A
pedal point may be a form of
nonchord tone and thus
required to
resolve unlike a drone, or a
pedal point may...
- Harmonically, the
interval usually occurs as some form of
dissonance or a
nonchord tone that is not part of the
functional harmony. It may also
appear in...
-
Decorated third progression Play.
Whereas originally D5 was the
nonchord tone in E5-(D5)-C5, here it
becomes a
chord tone
because it is
supported by G3...
-
without any
slurring or "scooping".
Glissando Legato List of
ornaments Meend Nonchord tone#Portamento
Pitch wheel Vibrato Portato, also
rarely called "portamento"...
