Embellishing Tones: Identifying and Writing Suspensions; Identifying Retardations
Study Guide Overview
This guide covers suspensions in AP Music Theory, including their definition, resolution, and placement. It explains how to denote suspensions using figured bass (9-8, 4-3, 7-6, 6-5) and how suspensions function in the bass line. The guide emphasizes 4-3 suspensions in V7-I cadences, chains of suspensions, and rearticulated suspensions. It also includes practice questions and exam tips.
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Ready to rock? 🎸 A suspension occurs when a chord tone from a previous chord is:
skipped to the next chord
held over into the next chord, creating a dissonance
repeated in the next chord
resolved immediately in the same chord