passing note

American  

noun

Music.

1. a note that is foreign to a harmony and is introduced between two successive chord tones in order to produce a melodic transition.

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passing note British  

noun

1. music a nonharmonic note through which a melody passes from one harmonic note to the next Compare auxiliary note

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Etymology

Origin of passing note

First recorded in 1720–30

Example Sentences

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passing note

I made passing note of Kaplan’s attendance here when it happened, and asked readers — particularly those in Facebook’s orbit — what they made of it.

From The Verge ● Oct. 5, 2018

In passing, note the ripples of protest that exfoliate up from the ankles through knees to outer thighs, the pebbly grind of hip sockets trying to accommodate swiveling joints.

From Time Magazine Archive

Indeed, other than making passing note of his years of distinguished service as a consultant to juvenile courts and county jails, his campaign speeches betray little sign of his background.

From Time Magazine Archive

Transitus regularis= a passing note on the unaccented portions of the bar; transitut irregularis=a passing note on the accented part of the bar.

From Johann Sebastian Bach by Forkel, Johann Nikolaus

We have one passing note of this in the fact, present in other Epistles as in this, that the Ministry is addressed and greeted through the Church rather than the Church through the Ministry.

From Messages from the Epistle to the Hebrews by Moule, H. C. G. (Handley Carr Glyn)