Continuity tone
A passage tone (also: passage note or passage ) fills the space between two consonant or chord-specific tones. This is done through diatonic or chromatic steps ("chromatic passage") and mostly on an unstressed beat position .
For example, in the case of a major triad on c, the note d can act as a transition tone between the root note c and the third tone e , f as the transition tone between the third tone e and the fifth tone g , and the notes a and h as the transition tone between the fifth tone g and the root c :
In contrast to the lead , the continuation (like the alternating note , anticipation or jumping off / jumping secondary note) is usually set to unstressed beats. An exception in this respect is the case referred to by Christoph Bernhard as transitus irregularis , which is now also referred to as semi-difficult passage :
Passage chords arise from the simultaneity of passage and chord tones (or exclusively passage tones) in different voices.
literature
- Thomas Daniel: counterpoint. A set theory for vowel polyphony of the 16th century . Dohr, Cologne 1997, ISBN 3-925366-43-1 .
- Thomas Daniel: The chorale setting in Bach and his contemporaries. A historical theory of syntax . Dohr, Cologne 2000, ISBN 3-925366-71-7 .
Remarks
- ↑ Cf. Christoph Bernhard: Detailed report on the use of the Con- and Dissonanzien . Chapter XII: Of the transit.
- ↑ Daniel 1997, pp. 198-201; Daniel 2000, pp. 118-127.