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Answer: For anyone in our TV audience who hasn't taken music theory in school, a 4-3 suspension is a case in which a triad appears with a fourth in the place of what should be its third, and the fourth then slides down to where it ought to be.
- What is suspension in music theory?
- How do you write a suspension in music theory?
- What is a 7 6 suspension?
What is suspension in music theory?
suspension, in music, a means of creating tension by prolonging a consonant note while the underlying harmony changes, normally on a strong beat. Related Topics: Harmony. The resulting dissonance persists until the suspended note resolves by stepwise motion into a new consonant harmony.
How do you write a suspension in music theory?
A suspension can be created when changing chords. The chord changes are the same in both examples. However, in the 2nd extract the F is held and does not move down a degree to the E until the 2nd beat of the bar. The point at which the F is held in dissonance over the new chord is called the suspension.
What is a 7 6 suspension?
Filters. (music) A suspension that has the suspended note a seventh (plus any number that is a multiple of seven) from the bass move down a step to the note in the chord where the suspension is happening that is a sixth (plus any number that is a multiple of seven) above the bass note.
