'Passing tone' definitions:
Definition of 'passing tone'
(from WordNet)
noun
A nonharmonic note inserted for transition between harmonic notes [syn: passing note, passing tone]
Definition of 'Passing tone'
From: GCIDE
- Passing \Pass"ing\, a.
- 1. Relating to the act of passing or going; going by, beyond, through, or away; departing. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Exceeding; surpassing, eminent. --Chaucer. "Her passing deformity." --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- Passing note (Mus.), a character including a passing tone.
- Passing tone (Mus.), a tone introduced between two other tones, on an unaccented portion of a measure, for the sake of smoother melody, but forming no essential part of the harmony. [1913 Webster]