Dr. B Music Theory Lesson 24 (Non-Chord Tones)

*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?"

[hilarytoussaint]

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.

[CableRayquaza]

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[srijansrivastava]

i have spent so much money on courses but this is the best explanation I could ever get. Thank you :)

[renzocheesman]

He even labeled the moments where he explains what in the description, Jesus man you’re the best teacher ever

[zhepingwang]

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.

[soniabenhamida]

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 :)

[toraaay]

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[dilisdohdi]

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[hichembell]

Always wanted to study music this way thank you so much

[evpioneers]

Thank you Dr. B, this lesson was very helpful!

[zipperhead]

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.

[erikorue]

WOW truly amazing how you explained it and illustrated it.

[leelemperle]

So well-explained!! Thanks a ton!!! :)

[franp]

Thank you Chris, excellent explanation, greetings from Argentina.

[mamellomotsoeneng]

You are such a great teacher thank you. I wish you were my theory lecture 😢

[VictoryAviation]

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.

[plonikanoni]

Thank you once again for your efforts.

[Aahltellyewhwat]

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..

[anatoly]

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!

[Becomeapianist]

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