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What is the function of a passing tone?
Creates movement and flow between chord tones.
What is the function of a neighbor tone?
Adds ornamentation and a sense of anticipation or delay.
How do non-chord tones affect dissonance?
They create dissonance, which is resolved by a consonant chord tone.
In C Major, what notes could be diatonic passing tones between C and E?
D
In C Major, what notes could be chromatic passing tones between C and D?
C#
Give an example of an upper neighbor tone to the note 'G'.
A - G
Give an example of a lower neighbor tone to the note 'E'.
D - E
Identify if the second note is a passing tone: C-D-E (all quarter notes, C and E are part of the chord)
Yes, it is a passing tone.
Identify if the second note is a neighbor tone: G-F#-G (all quarter notes, G is part of the chord)
Yes, it is a neighbor tone.