neighbor note
noun
variants
or less commonly neighbor tone
or neighboring tone
or neighboring note
: a nonharmonic note that is approached stepwise from above or below and returns to the previous note
Within this motive and elsewhere in the movement, the semitone neighbor note will prove to be the most consequential motivic cell …—
Stephen E. Hefling, ed., Nineteenth-Century Chamber Music, 1998
Stephen E. Hefling, ed., Nineteenth-Century Chamber Music, 1998called also (chiefly British) auxiliary note, auxiliary tone
see counterpoint illustration
neighbor-note
adjective
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“Neighbor note.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/neighbor%20note. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.
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