ansthenia Posted May 9, 2016 Posted May 9, 2016 (edited) Hey everyone I'm a little confused at to what this very simple dissonance is, or it would even considered "acceptable" dissonance in traditional harmony. At first I thought maybe it's pedal point, but then I read that a pedal point tone eventually becomes consonant again before moving away, rather than leaping to a different tone while it's still in its dissonance phase. So if I start with something simple like this, where there's a passing tone in the bass, and the top voice leaps to a new consonant tone: And then I decorate the bass tone by arpeggiating through chords, the second of of which creates dissonance with the melody: Would the top voice, in this case, be considered a pedal tone, even though it doesn't resolve into itself and essentially leaps from a dissonance? Thanks for your time. Edited May 10, 2016 by ansthenia Quote
Sojar Voglar Posted May 10, 2016 Posted May 10, 2016 The left hand might be considered as a passing harmony rather than using C as a pedal tone. The first bar might be considered as a tonic in a whole. Quote
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