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A Sound, Musical Approach to Approach Notes
A Sound, Musical Approach to Approach Notes
The term "approach notes" is exactly what it claims to be: notes that are employed to approach a "goal" or "target note", most likely a chord or scale tone that completes a melodic or harmonic resolution of some sort - either temporary or final.
Approach notes can be a single note or single and double note combinations of chromatic and/ or scale tones which approach the target note from below and/ or above. They are sometimes referred to as "enclosures", since they tend to surround or enclose the intended target note.
Employing the use of approach notes is an important and time tested technique for creating tension and release within an improvised melodic line, through delayed resolution as well as basic ornamentation.
Approach notes can be a single note or single and double note combinations of chromatic and/ or scale tones which approach the target note from below and/ or above. They are sometimes referred to as "enclosures", since they tend to surround or enclose the intended target note.
Employing the use of approach notes is an important and time tested technique for creating tension and release within an improvised melodic line, through delayed resolution as well as basic ornamentation.
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