Lesson 18- Appoggiaturas, Escape tones, and Pedal tones
Part I - Appoggiaturas
An appoggiatura is where a chord tone is followed by a leap up or down of a third or more, and resolved by a step in the opposite direction. This is demonstrated in figure 1.
Fig.1 Appoggiaturas
Fig.2 Appoggiatura
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Fig.3 Appoggiaturas
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Part II - Escape tones
an escape tone is approached by step and resolved by a leap in the opposite direction. This is visualized in figure 4
Fig.4 Escape tone
Fig.5 Escape tones
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Part III- Pedal tones
Finally, pedal tones. these are probably the easiest non-harmonic tone to remember. they are approached by repetition and resolved by repetition. See figure 6
Fig.6 Pedal tones
Fig.7 Pedal tones
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Notice how the bass voice stays the same from the vi chord to the ii chord. The pedal tone is not taken into account when analyzing the chord, otherwise it would be D F A G. Which does not make a whole lot of sense in context.
