0-9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

suspension

suh-SPEN-shun

[English]

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.


Example


Giuseppe Verdi: Requiem, "Dies Irae"


Frédéric François Chopin: Prelude in E minor, Op. 28, No. 4


See Also

[Abbreviation] sus

Share



Last Updated: 2016-06-19 18:28:40