Antoine V asked 10 years ago
Hi Jon sorry if question be asked before an excuse me my english not so great.
Just want to make sure I understand correctly as I never before hear of neighbour tone.
So If I have only one chord for example in the bar and not two chords can I still use a neighbour tone? for example Lets say we are using a C chord, I will have a chord tone on the first accented beat so C, i then move to a D and then come back to C i have just used a neighbour tone right?
Or a neighbour tone can also be if you have two chords in the bar, one is a C chord and the other is an F chord, If I use a chord tone with the note C, then move to d but back to note C before I move on to the F chord does this still classify as neighbour tone? I know if I went straight to the F this will then be a passing tone yes?
I am getting a little confused when is it really a neighbour tone VS just a passing tone. I understand to be a neighbour tone you must go back to the note yes?
Thank you
Jon Brantingham Staff answered 10 years ago
Antoine, you are correct in both situations. A neighbor tone is just a non-chord tone, that you move to by step, and then back to the original tone.
If C is a chord tone, for either 1 harmony in the measure or 2, then moving to D and back to C would make the D a neighbor tone.
If you were to move from C to D, and then E, D would be considered a passing tone.
Antoine V
replied 10 years ago Thank you Jon very much enjoying this site and will keep going
Sorry if missed this, but what is purpose of neighbour tone? is this from classical form? I never before hear of neighbor tone but i really like it makes for a very powerful melody, when you combine with passing and some chord tones 🙂
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