Suspensions
A note held over a chord change becomes dissonant, then resolves down by step: prepare, suspend, resolve.
- Category
- Chords and harmony
- First taught in
- 6.3 Hear notes between the chords
- Theory cards
- Notes outside the chord (Level 6)
- Preparing and resolving a suspension (Level 8)
In the lessons
3 lessons and 3 pieces where the Method teaches or uses it, in teaching order.
| Lesson | Lesson and piece |
|---|---|
| 6.3 | Hear notes between the chordsSuonata quarta: Fuga cromatica (L’organo suonarino, Op. 13), Adriano Banchieri |
| 8.1 | Balance three independent linesSinfonia No. 1 in C major, BWV 787, Johann Sebastian Bach |
| D.10 | Carry a barcarolle pulse through chromatic colourMallorca (Barcarola), Op. 202, Isaac Albéniz |
In Musicianship
The units whose theory questions ask about it.
| Unit | Title |
|---|---|
| 6.3 | Sevenths in a progression |
| 8.1 | The Mixolydian seventh |
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