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Anticipation    Anticipates a tone that belongs to the next chord.
Appoggiatura    An NCT that is approached by leap and resolved by step.
Double Pedal Point    When pedal points contain more than one pitch class.
Escape Tone    Approached by step and resolved by leap in the opposite directions.
Free Anticipation    An anticipation that resolves by leap.
Inverted Pedal Points    A pedal point that occurs in a part other than the bass.
Neighbor Group    Embellishes a single pitch by sounding its upper and lower neighbors in succession (in either order).
Pedal Point    A stationary pitch that begins as a chord tone, then becomes an NCT as the harmonies change, and finally ends up as a chord tone again.







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