Suspension
(suh-SPEN-shun)
In part writing, a suspension is a situation in which a single note of one chord is held over into another chord, thus creating a dissonance, which is resolved by step in the following chord.
SUGGESTED LISTENING EXAMPLES:
- Verdi: Requiem, Dies Irae
- W. W. Norton - 4-CD Musical Example Bank --
Disc 3, Track 28
- Chopin: Prelude in E minor, Op. 28, No. 4
- W. W. Norton - 4-CD Musical Example Bank --
Disc 1, Track 16
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