PASSING NOTE meaning: Non-chord tone between harmonies

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▸ noun: (music) A smaller note marking a tone introduced between two others, to effect a smooth passage from the one to the other, but forming no essential part of the harmony.

Opposite:

receiving note, keeping note, holding note

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