Unit 6 Vocabulary

Question 1

Neighbor tone

Answer 1

Embellishment approached by step + left by step in the opposite direction; Decorates a repeated tone

Question 2

Passing tone

Answer 2

Embellishment approached by step + left by step in the same direction; Often fills in a consonant skip

Question 3

Chromatic passing tone

Answer 3

Passing tone that divides a diatonic whole step into two half steps; *Never in the diatonic scale

Question 4

Pedal point

Answer 4

Embellishment featuring a sustained / consistently reiterated pitch through changing chords

Question 5

Retardation

Answer 5

Accented embellishment delays the arrival of an expected chord tone; Always resolve up by step

Question 6

Anticipation

Answer 6

Unaccented embellishment created when a voice moves to an expected chord tone early (before the chord changes)

Question 7

Suspension

Answer 7

Accented embellishment delays the arrival of an expected chord tone; Always resolve down by step

Question 8

Escape tone

Answer 8

Embellishment approached by step and left by skip or leap in the opposite direction; Type of incomplete neighbor tone

Question 9

Appogiatura

Answer 9

Embellishment approached by skip or leap and left by step in the opposite direction; Type of incomplete neighbor tone

Question 10

How to identify the type of suspension?

Answer 10

Count harmonic interval of suspended note and bass note → harmonic interval of chordal note (note after suspended note) and bass note - this note belongs to the chord that the suspended note is on

Question 11

Forms of suspensions

Answer 11

Slurs; dotted notes

Question 12

Suspension locations

Answer 12

Any voice