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Embellishing Tones
Melodic Figurationand Dissonance – Part 1
Important Notes vs. Pretty Notes
Embellishing tones may or may not be chord tones
Embellishing tones contribute to the forward motion of the musicChord tones tend to skip or leapNon-Chord tones (dissonant harmonies) tend to
move by stepDissonances – 2nd, 4th, 7th, 9th, & tritone
Essential and Embellishing Notes
Chordal Figuration (Fig. 7.1a) -tones related to the supporting harmony
Non-harmonic Figuration (Fig. 7.2) -tones dissonant to the supporting harmony
Essential and Embellishing Notes
Melodic profile – managing dissonances Rhythmic accentuation – metric implications Unaccented/Stepwise (US)
Offbeat or weak metric position – approached/left by step or common tone
Unaccented/Leaping (UL) Offbeat or weak metric position – approached/left by leap –
in rare cases, both Accented/Stepwise (AS)
Strong metric position – approached and left by step or common tone
Accented/Leaping (AL) Strong metric positions – approached/left by leap – in rare
cases, both
Categories of Dissonant Embellishing Tones
Unaccented Passing Tone (P) Bridges a melodic interval of a 3rd (rarely a 4th) Stepwise motion; either up or down Pairs of passing tones that occur simultaneously may move in
similar or contrary motion Unaccented Neighboring Tone (N)
Decorates same chord tone by stepwise motion; upper or lower neighbor
Move back to their original note rather than moving Anticipation (A)
Anticipated the next chord tone by arriving early Approached by step from above or below; lands on the
unaccented beat Occurs frequently at cadences – precedes the final soprano
note
Unaccented/Stepwise Embellishing Tones
Incomplete Neighbors (IN) Include a leap to a dissonant in their melodic contour
Escape Tone (eschappé) (E) Approached by step and resolved by leap Found at cadences usually in conjunction with an anticipation
Leaping Tone (LT) Sometimes called an appoggiatura (this is a bit of a misnomer)
We’ll discuss that a little later Dissonant note of the IN approached by leap and resolved by
step The wacky Double Neighbor (DN) or Changing Tones (CT)
Unaccented/Leaping Embellishing Tones
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