Re: Superimposition

walterstr@fau.campus.mci.net
Tue, 21 Jan 1997 20:47:08 -0500 (EST)

An appoggiatura is a nonharmonic tone which is approached by leap and
resolved by step, usually in the opposite direction. A cambiata is a group
of two nonharmonic tones a third apart (usually) separating a harmonic tone
from itself (whew!), for example the melody G-A-F#-G over a C triad (I know
A is the sixth of a C triad, but here it's used as a nonharmonic tone). As
far as auxilliaries, someone else will have to explain them... I'm not sure
of their definition. BTW, I always thought superimposition was when your
mother-in-law stayed an extra two weeks...

At 12:28 PM 1/21/97 -0500, you wrote:
>kroger@ucla.edu wrote:
>>
>> What are appoggiaturas, auxilliaries, and cambiatas?
>>
>> Jim
>>
>
>As a Methodist clergyman, I was forbidden to engage in any of these
>until I got married, and then only if I intended to have children who
>could play jazz.
>
>Appogiatura is, I believe, a specific kind of ornamentation of a note
>involving particular surrounding tones, what in jazz we term "neighbor
>notes" but appogiatura is a specific one. Beyond that I would like as
>much as you to hear these terms defined.
>
>I also find the informal use of terms like "riff" "run" etc. confusing.
>Sometimes it seems as though they are different, other times they seem
>interchangable. Common jazz terms like "jump tune" also are hard to get
>clear definition on.
>
>I recognize that defining these terms is very elementary, and that this
>list has some very advanced people on it. Even a good reference source
>for musical terms beyond the classical/"legit" sources (Like Harvard
>Dictionary of Music, which doesn't have "jump tune!") would be useful.
>
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