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What is an anticipation tone?

A chord tone that arrives early, just before the chord change.

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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 leap and resolved by step.
What is a pedal point?
A sustained note (usually in the bass) while the harmony changes above it.
What is the effect of anticipation tones?
Creates tension and a sense of anticipation before a resolution.
What is the effect of escape tones?
Adds tension and creates a sense of movement and resolution.
What is the effect of appoggiaturas?
Adds dissonance and tension, creating a sense of movement and resolution; ornamentation.
What is the effect of pedal points?
Creates tension and dissonance, often with an eerie quality.
What is an upper escape tone?
Steps up from a chord tone, then leaps down.
What is a lower escape tone?
Steps down from a chord tone, then leaps up.
What is the effect of an anticipation tone?
Creates tension and a sense of anticipation before a resolution.
What is the effect of an escape tone?
Adds tension and creates a sense of movement and resolution.
What is the effect of an appoggiatura?
Adds dissonance and tension, creating a sense of movement and resolution.
What is the effect of a pedal point?
Creates tension and dissonance, often with an eerie quality.
A note approached by leap and resolved by step is called?
Appoggiatura
Which non-chord tone is always unaccented?
Anticipation tone
A sustained note while harmony changes above is called?
Pedal point