Where to use Non-Chord Tones - Music Composition

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[@ruthwilkinson2076]

I'd forgotten about using two passing tones, one accented and one unaccented, this is a helpful reminder. Thanks, Gareth.

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[@jayducharme]

"Inessential notes" is an apt description of my life. 😁 I marvel at your skill in setting up these demonstrations so that they so clearly illustrate your points.

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[@salsorice1530]

Excellent and very helpful. Very clear and concise. Great job!

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[@lornapenn-chester6867]

Another great subject explored. Thank you 😊

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[@iwright621]

Very helpfull Gareth - thank you hope all well .

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[@timdovecool7202]

Always the best tutorial! Thanks.

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[@josephinebrown6631]

Thank you kindly🤍

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[@ramonacosta2647]

I finally caught Gareth in an error. There is no such thing as too much chocolate cake.

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[@chillipepperoni]

Too much chocolate cake is a blessing or a curse depending on the context.

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Indeed!

[@ningxiabird]

​@@chillipepperoni exactly !! Context is everything haha

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[@seleniticdawn]

I'd be very interested to see a video from you on minimalist techniques or just examining the work of a few composers from that broad genre.

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[@GuitSiva]

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[@audreyschley8517]

Just learning how to transpose and this will really help me understand the process

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[@m.walther6434]

I enjoyed it a lot, like Your other lessons. I've profitted immense. Thank You very much. I would like to pass an idea. I've learned that harmonsations of the Baroque and Galant period were based mostly on the Rule of the Octave. I would like to learn how chorals or other period pieces are build, applying the Rule of the Ocatave on a bass melody.

[@carlstenger5893]

delightful exercise. Instead of leaving the sopranos on a minim "A" in the penultimate bar, I substituted 2 quavers and a crochet A-G-A. Sopranos had an interesting line going. It seemed a shame to stop them dead in their tracks just before the final semi-breve. Looking forward to next Saturday's Maestro's live-streams!

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Good idea! Yes, looking forward to catching up with you at the livestream.

[@Dave-nm8uk]

Very helpful. Actually I stopped this once I saw the example, then copied it and worked out a couple of "solutions" myself. I actually thought it was two separate lines at first - all one example - but eventually realised it was only a 4 bar example, not an 8 bar one. However it can work as several phrases put together. Another option is to use triplets to get more rhythmic variety. Finallly I changed the last chord slightly by raising the soprano G to a B. Might be an idea to suggest for others to "have a go" before carrying on with your suggestions. It was good to see what you did with the material after I'd tried.

[@MusicMattersGB]

That’s great.

[@davidwalter2002]

I find much of the decision whether and where to use passing tones depends on the text. Creating a melody that bests fits the text often automatically suggests (if not demands) passing tones.

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That’s true

[@TheSinlessAssassin]

I know it was just a "passing joke" but equating passing notes to chocolate cake made me really laugh AND learn the lesson fully!

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Excellent!

[@jeffkelly8624]

Gareth, and yet again except this time you were a week early. Guess what I'm working on this week in Music Theory and Composition 3, that's right, non-chord tones.

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Excellent

[@Rayenn_19]

9:38

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[@rutheproppi6265]

Maestro; suffice to say thank you very much, please will you do more videos on passing notes. R

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[@stephenbashforth8257]

Hi Gareth - once again a very helpful video - I was pleased to be reminded on the rules of 7th falling, 3rd rising. Could the repeated D in sop line bar 2 be enhanced with a neighbour tone? You didn't mention escape / echapee notes - please what "rules" apply to use of these embellishments? Thanks

[@MusicMattersGB]

Thanks. See our video on Escape notes. Neighbour tones are always a good way to embellish.

[@CalebePriester]

Very good. Are you playing a real piano or a digital one?

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This is a digital piano.

[@markchapman6800]

My problem with the passing tone quavers in the tenor is that there is already a passing tone in the bass, and the accented tenor B clashes with it, which really is a recipe for sounding congested. Cutting the A short so that the B is unaccented and the C is then a crotchet would probably sound smoother. Also, you probably shouldn't make the last beat of the alto line in bar 2 a lower passing note, because you'd then have parallel 5ths with the bass going into bar 3.

[@MusicMattersGB]

Composers like Bach frequently create that kind of dissonance with double passing notes. It’s amazing how well they can work.

[@Med2402]

We have to care if those Non Chord tones makes direct or parallels fifths and octaves?

[@MusicMattersGB]

Absolutely

[@user-bx8xd5pz9c]

Can we use Non chord tones in the first and third beat of a bar?

[@MusicMattersGB]

Sure

[@alvodin6197]

Is this part of a larger course?

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[@sayonara6301]

Some notes are clearly part of the melody but they are labelled as appogiatura why is that so and how do I understand it better ? Thank you 🙏it is a fundamental note and not a melodic decoration

[@MusicMattersGB]

It’s how the melodic note functions in relation to the chord ie if it resolves by step on to a harmony note.

[@sayonara6301]

@@MusicMattersGB sorry to further clarify previously , what I can’t understand is , when you look at a piece and the note in question is clearly part of the essential melody but it’s labelled as a non chord tone like the appogiatura. Pls provide me your valuable opinion. Thank you so much

[@MusicMattersGB]

See if it resolves on to a chord tone by step.

[@sayonara6301]

@@MusicMattersGB yes it does . It leaps and steps to a chord tone. But why should it be a app when it is part of the essential melody ? :)

[@MusicMattersGB]

@sayonara6301 It’s simply a melodic decoration