- 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...
- expectation. Technically, anti****tion also
refers specifically to a type of
nonchord tone. Note: This
section refers to the
process of
generating the thought...
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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...
- root. In harmony, the
consonance and
dissonance of a
chord factor and a
nonchord tone are distinguished, respectively.
Chord factors are
taken into consideration...
-
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...
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languages n't, a
contracted form of the
English word not
Neighbor tone, a
nonchord tone that p****es from a
chord tone
directly above or
below it and resolves...
-
strong melody writing,
chord tones are
usually placed on the on-beats and
nonchord tones are
placed on the off-beats. The
bebop scale helps enable this characteristic...
- 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...
