Members PrinceGeorge Posted September 1, 2014 Members Share Posted September 1, 2014 Hi Everyone I've got a quick question about neighbour tones; does it matter what interval it is between the two notes? Let's say over a C chord, there is a C to a D. Would that be a neighbour tone? What about a C to an F? The first question is a question about passing tones too. Any help would be appreciated Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 1001gear Posted September 1, 2014 Members Share Posted September 1, 2014 Half step or whole step. Movement to and from nonharmonic tones by larger intervals sticks out as dissonant and atonal in traditional music and is not "allowed".Incidentally, melodic intervals of thirds are skips and of fourths or larger are leaps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members JonR Posted September 1, 2014 Members Share Posted September 1, 2014 This should help:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nonchord_tone#Neighbor_tonehttp://www.musictheory.net/lessons/53(use the play button to go through the different examples.) As you can see, a lot depend on what comes after the note in question, not just the note before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 1001gear Posted September 1, 2014 Members Share Posted September 1, 2014 Oh yeah I forgetted appogiaturae... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members PrinceGeorge Posted September 1, 2014 Author Members Share Posted September 1, 2014 Okay, thanks guys. I understand it now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 1001gear Posted September 1, 2014 Members Share Posted September 1, 2014 Also there are double passing tones - for when one just won't make it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members PrinceGeorge Posted September 2, 2014 Author Members Share Posted September 2, 2014 Okay, since we're talking about chord tones here, is there a name for a sequence of non chord tones? Like 5 or so in a row. And if there was a sequence of chord tones, such as a 1, 5, 3, 7, 5, would that be considered an arpeggio or something else? Thanks again,George Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 1001gear Posted September 3, 2014 Members Share Posted September 3, 2014 You might call it a non harmonic motif although 5 nonharmonic tones may tend to self organize and form an extension of the tonality or even a separate one creating what is called polytonality. As to the latter, it could be referred to as an arpeggiated motif or if it's a bass line, an Alberti type bass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members AJ6stringsting Posted November 22, 2014 Members Share Posted November 22, 2014 Great thread !!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 1001gear Posted November 24, 2014 Members Share Posted November 24, 2014 Neighbor and passing tones make for good discussion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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