Secondary tone

Secondary notes , also called secondary notes, are called the upper and lower (large and small) seconds of the note to be embellished , which is called the main note , in ornaments ( trills , mordent , etc.) . Also diatonic and chromatic neighbor tones that enrich the regular rate and the harmony as harmony or chord strange sounds are described, called overtones, so with derivative action , through , changing note and anticipation .

literature

• Willibald Gurlitt , Hans Heinrich Eggebrecht (Ed.): Riemann Music Lexicon. Material part. 12th, completely revised edition. B. Schott's Sons, Mainz 1967, p. 625.