A note not belonging to the harmony but interposed to secure a smooth transition.
〔乐〕过渡音，经过音
Example sentencesExamples
Even if the basic chords are unchanged, the melody almost inevitably adds passing notes which effectively alter the chords.
Keefe could in fact have gone further here, showing how the connecting motif in the woodwind reduces the motif from bars 5-6 into two superimposed thirds, each filled in with a passing note.
But that B [musical flat] is a passing note, thematically perhaps of more minor importance in the Handel.
Definition of passing note in US English:
passing note
(also passing tone)
nounˈpasiNG nōt
Music
A note not belonging to the harmony but interposed to secure a smooth transition from one chord to another.
〔乐〕过渡音，经过音
Example sentencesExamples
But that B [musical flat] is a passing note, thematically perhaps of more minor importance in the Handel.
Even if the basic chords are unchanged, the melody almost inevitably adds passing notes which effectively alter the chords.
Keefe could in fact have gone further here, showing how the connecting motif in the woodwind reduces the motif from bars 5-6 into two superimposed thirds, each filled in with a passing note.