Escape tones and retardations
Less common non-chord tones: a step-and-leap escape, and a suspension that resolves upward.
- Category
- Chords and harmony
- First taught in
- 9.9 Shape a long melodic line
- Theory cards
- Escape tones and retardations (Level 9)
In the lessons
1 lesson and 1 piece where the Method teaches or uses it, in teaching order.
| Lesson | Lesson and piece |
|---|---|
| 9.9 | Shape a long melodic lineÉtude in C-sharp minor, Op. 2 No. 1, Alexander Scriabin |
In Musicianship
The units whose theory questions ask about it.
| Unit | Title |
|---|---|
| 9.9 | A long line |
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