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nonchordtones

September 20, 2021 By Aron Bernstein 20 Comments

Weekly Music Theory Challenge 9/20/21

Show off your theory chops with my weekly challenge! You’ll find a new question here every Monday. Please comment to post your reply.

This week’s challenge:

This is from Mozart’s Minuet in C Major, K. 6. What type of non-harmonic tone is the circled note?

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Reply to post your answer, and check back on Friday, September 24 to see if you’re right!

ANSWER for 9/20/21

This is called a retardation, a delayed resolution of a tone that results in temporary dissonance. The circled note is the leading tone in the key of G major, F-sharp. But rather than resolving up to G when it should, at the beginning of the final measure, its resolution is delayed until the last beat. This is the opposite of an anticipation, which is an early resolution of a tendency tone.

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