Dr. B Music Theory Lesson 24 (Non-Chord Tones)
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- *Appoggiatura was spelled incorrectly in video!
TOPICS
0:00 - Non-chord tone definition
1:48 - Passing tone
5:43 - Neighbor tone
8:34 - Suspension
14:50 - Retardation
17:34 - Appoggiatura
19:53 - Escape tone
24:08 - Anticipation
27:05 - Pedal point
30:37 - Neighbor group
34:07 - Labelling suspensions
QUESTION on Lesson 24 from Andrew FM: "Is it a pedal tone if its a common tone of the previous and following chords, but also a part of the current chord? or is just an inversion then?"
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Herbie Hancock's statement : " There are no wrong notes (tones), there are only wrong resolves ". ;stands firm and is backed by this entire lesson and maybe others to come. I take this to be the bread and butter of the Jazz musicians. Thanks for the lesson well explained.
Charlie Parker had a similar statement which went something like, "I can play any note on any chord, as long as I prepare it and resolve it a certain way."
So true!
Thanks for sharing Herbie's version of the same sentiment,
Dr. B
Thank you, you simplified what other teachers can't. You are the right teacher for me
Thanks, I really appreciate you saying that!
i have spent so much money on courses but this is the best explanation I could ever get. Thank you :)
Thank you so much. You just helped me understand what I don’t understand from the book at all. You are such a great teacher. God bless you.
I'm happy to have helped! I've found that a lot of people benefit from the visual aspect of putting music on a board and "connecting the dots," in addition to reading a book.
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Dr. B
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Your lessons are brilliantly simple which is the most difficult thing to accomplish as a teacher! Thank you for sharing and being so generous with us music nerds around the globe :)
He even labeled the moments where he explains what in the description, Jesus man you’re the best teacher ever
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Haha, thanks! Speaking of July 4th, my main instrument is saxophone but I was once convinced to sing this for an event (there is no video of my performance but I had a lot of fun doing it): czcams.com/video/hs9u5faEmwY/video.html
WOW truly amazing how you explained it and illustrated it.
You have helped me so much professor snape ❤️
Always wanted to study music this way thank you so much
17:14 look forward....this is illuminating
You're welcome. I'm always happy when someone finds my work useful.
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Thank you Dr. B, this lesson was very helpful!
You're welcome. Thanks for the comment.
Thank you Chris, excellent explanation, greetings from Argentina.
So well-explained!! Thanks a ton!!! :)
Here, let me just put on some music theory while I pack for a trip. *mind overloaded and now I can’t think straight* I’m looking forward to actually understanding this stuff so I don’t feel so lost in the sauce.
Haha! It is not unusual that students will watch a single video multiple times since there is so much information. This especially true if you have any "holes" in your music theory foundation or can't quickly name all the notes in scales, intervals, triads, etc.
Speed counts - so make sure you can spell all your major scales, intervals and triads fast!
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Christopher Brellochs Thanks so much for the reply. I really do appreciate it. I never had music theory in high school. And when I went to college I was studying something completely different and never received music theory there either. I did get some music theory in the Armed forces school of music, but according to several of my fellow associates it was nowhere near as up-to-date or accurate as civilian music theory training.
What a thorough expanation!
Thank you, Dr. B. I've not had anything like formal education like this, so you did a great job laying it out where even I could follow it. Good stuff.
Thank you once again for your efforts.
You are such a great teacher thank you. I wish you were my theory lecture 😢
The youtube vid is also in parts!!! This guy is legit!!!
Very helpful! Thank you!
Guess that truck at the beginning was kind of a "non-chord tone"...
Haha, YES! I'm just glad no one decided to mow the lawn during class time.
Very well explained! Thank you!
I'm so glad you found it helpful.
Best wishes,
Dr. B
I do have one question. I'm kind of confused with double passing tones (I know you didn't cover that in this video... But I would appreciate some clarification on the matter.
So I understand none of those 2 passing tones can be in either of the two chords? Is that right?
Cause I have this progression in the key of Em: Em, Dm, F, G.
And I'm finding it hard to find 2 consecutive passing tones that don't belong to either chord.
Thank you,
Victor L.
How to write two consecutive passing tones:
1) You are correct that to be "double" passing tones neither can be a member of a chord.
2) Within a single chord two consecutive (double) passing tones can occur diatonically between the root and the fifth (they fill in the interval of a fourth). For example on Em, if your melody went E - D - C - B then "D" and "C" would be passing tones.
3) Within a single chord two consecutive (double) passing tones can occur chromatically if they fill in the interval of a minor third. For example on Em, if your melody went E - F# - F - E then "F#" and "F" would be passing tones.
4) If you are looking for where two consecutive passing tones would fit when changing chords find an interval of a fourth for diatonic passing tones or an interval of a minor third for chromatic. For example on Dm to F, if your melody went D - C - B - A then "C" and "B" would be passing tones.
That should give you a good place to start!
Great! Thank you so much for the feedback Dr. B. This has been very useful.
👏👏thank you. For sharing knowledge. 🙌
Let's get that musical knowledge out there, haha. I will be posting more videos so make sure you are subscribed.
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Dr. B
I like the way you taught. Thank you!
You're welcome!
32:24 "The big difference is we've got a group, of bitches." Cant unhear it. Enjoying your lessons, thanks.
thank you man
I'm so glad you found this helpful.
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Thank you
Thank you so much
Thank you.. glad to have found this! I found a reference to a Cambiata the other day. Prepared by skip to NCT and resolved opposite direction by step. Is this just just an Appoggiatura, except the NCT happens on weak beat? Thanks for posting these videos..
Thank you!
I was wondering what the “neighbor group” tone was! Then I saw how you prepared and resolved it-I learned of it as the “changing” tone, according to Paul O. Harder. What textbook are you using?
You are 100% correct. It is interesting that different texts/theoreticians use different terms and not everything is universal at this point in history. We use Kostka/Payne "Tonal Harmony."
Is it a pedal tone if its a common tone of the previous and following chords, but also a part of the current chord? or is just an inversion then?
Better late than never; here's an answer! czcams.com/video/Ok6yaOozzIA/video.html
What about labelling an appogiatura resolving a step in the same direction?
Would would this one be?
bar1: e over e minor chord
bar2: d resolving to c over C major chord
it's not a passing tone since d is on a strong bit
it's not a suspension since d didn't carry over from bar 1
it's not an appoggiatura, since there's no leap and anyway it's in the same direction
or is it just not a common pattern in classical music? I tried to analyse a rock-ballad song, and got a few bits like that one that didn't fit into your classification :)
Thanks a lot for your lessons!
Hello Cristopher!
Can these non-chord tones be used to avoid parallels and hidden fifths and octaves?
Let´s suppose that I am in G major and my harmony is going I - iii, but my soprano goes from G to B, which would be parallel octave (G - B in soprano and bass)
If I use passing tones in soprano and go G - A - B, would that still be parallel octave with the bass?
Thank you!
Hi Dr. Brellochs,
Can a parallel 5th or octave between two voices be avoided by introducing a nct in one voice on a weak beat (f.i. a passing tone)? Example : the soprano goes from c-e, just like the tenor. What if I introduce in the soprano on a weak beat a « d » between the two pitches?
Best greetings from a huge Fan in Luxembourg ;)
(p.s. Here in Lux., we use for harmonic analysis more often the harmonic functions of a chord (S- Subdominante for IV or Sp (Subdominanteparallel for ii) rather than roman numerals.
Hi sir, I have a question...does a non chord tone have to resolve on the next pitch or can you have a non chord tone be re-articulated before it's resolved? For example a passing tone in the chord C g-(f-f)-e? are both f notes considered passing tones?
Thank you, Dr. B. I absolutely love your videos--they've helped me so much. In your analysis/courses, do you ever consider that the NCT can be a chord extension instead of a NCT ? Or is this not considered in classical theory ? Thank you again.
Any extended chord is actually not a single chord rather it is a fundamental chord along with the nct which is dissonant..and theory is all about what harmony is going to sound consonant along with a melody ...and melody can be both dissonant and consonant
When he coughed, coronavirus literally popped into my mind....
Haha, time-traveling viruses! That would be pretty amazing as the video was made in 2016!
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Dr. B
What school do you teach for?
When you say "step" is that always interval of a 2nd? and a "leap" anything larger then a 3rd?
of course, note that the step could be both half or whole step
7:22 since the harmony in the second chord changed and it’s not G major anymore should we still consider the second D in the alto a neighbor from the preceding chord!? The harmony changed and that D is belong to the chord Of D not G major!! Maybe we should call it an incomplete neighbor since it lands on the D but on a different harmony which is D major
Do the non-chord tones have to be diatonic? I'm guessing, no. But are there different procedures for non-diatonic tones?
You are correct! Non-chord tones can be diatonic or chromatic. The procedures are the same, but obviously the sound is a bit different.
sir, do you have any videos on Hemiola ???? Regards,
I talk about it a very little in a few videos, but not really. I should add this topic to my "TO DO" list. Thanks for the suggestion.
Best wishes,
Dr. B
How big of a leap is a app usually?
A leap of a 4th, 5th, or 6th are the most common for an appoggiatura.
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Congratulations! You are really making progress through the Lessons.
Well done,
Dr. B
This is like math class 😓
The only difference between "suspension" and "retardation" it's the motion? It isn't clear to me
The only difference is that a "suspension" resolves down by step and a "retardation" resolves up by step.
They have the following in common: 1) prepared by a common tone, 2) occur on a strong beat.
I hope that helps.
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Dr. B
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