passing tone

1. 1.

   a nonharmonic note inserted for transition between harmonic notes

   Synonymspassing note

   Broadernote

Questions about passing tone

What does passing tone mean?

passing tone means "a nonharmonic note inserted for transition between harmonic notes".

What is another word for passing tone?

Close synonyms include passing note. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is passing tone a common word?

passing tone is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.