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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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