What is a nonharmonic tone?

What will be an ideal response?


It is a note that appears in any voice of the texture without being part of the prevailing chord.

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Han Emperor Wu supported the arts by

a. providing pensions to musicians and poets. b. setting up a public forum for poetry readings. c. establishing a large bureau to collect folk songs. d. building schools for the teaching of music and poetry.

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The composer of “Hoe?Down” from Rodeo is

a. John Williams b. Aaron Copland c. Hank Williams d. Ralph Vaughan Williams e. Leonard Bernstein

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Brahms's Third Symphony is characterized by:

A) a three-note motive: F-Ab-F B) an unstable metric structure with many examples of hemiola C) a near complete avoidance of regular four- and eight-bar phrases D) all of these choices

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