A nonchord tone (NCT), nonharmonic tone, or embellishing tone is a note in a piece of music or song that is not part of the implied or expressed chord...

earliest usage, the seventh was introduced solely as an embellishing or nonchord tone. The seventh destabilized the triad, and allowed the composer to emphasize...

dominant (fifth note of the scale) tones. The pedal tone is considered a chord tone in the original harmony, then a nonchord tone during the intervening dissonant...

expectation. Technically, anticipation also refers specifically to a type of nonchord tone. Note: This section refers to the process of generating the thought...

English word not Neighbor tone, a nonchord tone that passes from a chord tone directly above or below it and resolves to the same tone "N.T.", a song by Kool...

In harmony, the consonance and dissonance of a chord factor and a nonchord tone are distinguished, respectively. Chord factors are taken into consideration...

(D♭–F–A♭). A nonchord tone is a dissonant or unstable tone that lies outside the chord currently heard, though often resolving to a chord tone. In the key...

tuning of its strings Pedal point, a type of nonchord tone, usually in the bass Pedal tone, a fundamental tone played on brass instruments Piano pedals,...

without any slurring or "scooping". Glissando List of ornaments Meend Nonchord tone#Portamento Pitch wheel Vibrato Portato, also rarely called portamento...

(1965) Other types of chromaticity: Pitch axis theory Parallel scales Nonchord tone The minor mode in major keys (mode mixture) Shir-Cliff, Jay, and Rauscher...