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What is the voice leading rule for escape tones?
Resolve escape tones by a leap in the opposite direction of the step.
How do you distinguish an escape tone from an arpeggiation?
If the note is part of the chord, it's an arpeggiation, not an escape tone.
What is an anticipation tone?
A chord tone that arrives early, just before the chord change.
What is an escape tone?
A non-chord tone that moves stepwise from a chord tone and then leaps.
What is an appoggiatura?
A non-chord tone approached by a leap and resolved by step.
What is a pedal point?
A sustained note, usually in the bass, while the harmony changes.
Define a harmonic pedal point.
A pedal point that is part of the chord progression.
Define a non-harmonic pedal point.
A pedal point that is not part of the chord progression.
What is the voice leading rule for escape tones?
Resolve by a leap in the opposite direction of the step.