ansthenia Posted May 9, 2016 Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sojar Voglar Posted May 10, 2016 Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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