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Passing Tone

nounverified·updated May 18, 2026

a nonharmonic note inserted for transition between harmonic notes

MWE

Classifications

Entity Type

Unknownauthoritativeglossary_import_default_pending_classifier
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Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

synonym
passing note
plural
Passing Tones
possessive
Passing Tone's
pluralpossessive
Passing Tones'