What Are Changing Notes?

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Changing notes or double neighbour notes are two consecutive neighbour notes between which the chord factor is absent.

There are two versions:

  • First the upper neighbour, then the lower neighbour
  • First the lower neighbour, then the upper neighbour.

Both versions are characterized by the following intervallic pattern: a step, a third (between the neighbour notes) and again a step.

See also neighbour note.