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Unit 6: Harmony and Voice Leading III: Embellishments, Motives, and Melodic Devices

AP Music Theory — Note Packet

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Key Terms

Non-Chord Tone (NCT)

Notes that are *not* part of the prevailing ________, but add tension, color, and melodic motion.

Passing Tone (PT)

Fills in a ________ between two chord tones, moving stepwise. Usually ________.

Neighbor Tone (NT)

Steps ________ from a chord tone and then immediately steps ________. Usually ________.

Suspension (SUS)

Prepared by a consonant chord tone, ________ into the new chord (dissonant), and resolves ________ by step. Almost always ________.

Anticipation (ANT)

A chord tone introduced ________ the chord actually arrives. Typically ________.

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