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Definition of passing note in English: passing notenoun Music A note not belonging to the harmony but interposed to secure a smooth transition. Example sentencesExamples - Even if the basic chords are unchanged, the melody almost inevitably adds passing notes which effectively alter the chords.
- Keefe could in fact have gone further here, showing how the connecting motif in the woodwind reduces the motif from bars 5-6 into two superimposed thirds, each filled in with a passing note.
- But that B [musical flat] is a passing note, thematically perhaps of more minor importance in the Handel.
Definition of passing note in US English: passing note(also passing tone) nounˈpasiNG nōt Music A note not belonging to the harmony but interposed to secure a smooth transition from one chord to another. Example sentencesExamples - But that B [musical flat] is a passing note, thematically perhaps of more minor importance in the Handel.
- Even if the basic chords are unchanged, the melody almost inevitably adds passing notes which effectively alter the chords.
- Keefe could in fact have gone further here, showing how the connecting motif in the woodwind reduces the motif from bars 5-6 into two superimposed thirds, each filled in with a passing note.
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