Auxiliary note
a melodic ornamental tone following a principal tone by a step above or below and returning to the principal tone; embellishment.
Historical Examples
If the half-tone, what would be the name of the auxiliary note?
Piano Playing Josef Hofmann
In the accompanying example of the trill should the auxiliary note be a tone or a half-tone above the principal note?
Piano Playing Josef Hofmann
noun
(music) a nonharmonic note occurring between two harmonic notes
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