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What spacing should you avoid when writing suspensions?
Avoid placing the dissonant interval of the suspension in adjacent voices.
Why use a tie in a normal suspension?
Ties help maintain clarity of the harmonic beat.
What is a suspension?
A chord tone held over into the next chord, creating dissonance, then resolving by step.
What is a retardation?
A suspension that resolves upwards by step.
What is a rearticulated suspension?
A suspension where the suspended note is re-struck instead of tied.
What is a chain of suspensions?
A series of suspensions occurring in succession.
What is the definition of resolution in the context of a suspension?
The stepwise movement of the suspended note to a consonance.
What is figured bass?
A notation system indicating intervals above the bass note.
Define dissonance.
A note or interval that sounds unstable and creates tension.
Define consonance.
A note or interval that sounds stable and creates relaxation.
What is the harmonic rhythm?
The rate at which chords change in a musical composition.
What is voice leading?
The smooth connection of individual melodic lines in a multi-voice texture.
What is a suspension?
A chord tone from a previous chord held over into the next, creating dissonance, resolving by step to a chord tone on an unaccented beat.
What is a retardation?
A type of suspension where the suspended note resolves upwards by step.
What is a rearticulated suspension?
A suspension where the suspended note is not tied to the previous note but is played again on the beat.
What is a chain of suspensions?
A series of suspensions that occur in succession, where each note of a chord is suspended and resolved, one at a time.
Where do suspensions occur?
Suspensions occur on accented beats (typically the downbeat) and resolve on unaccented beats.