Re: Glossary index [was: how to get notes without tails?]

[Simon Albrecht]

Am 31.08.2015 um 17:40 schrieb BB:
> I avoided using "Vorhalt". A "Vorhalt" is not a proper word in this 
> context. A "Vorhalt" is in English a "suspension". That means that in 
> a shift of harmony from one chord to another one or more notes of the 
> first chord are played again (or held, prolonged) against the second 
> chord, so I understand this as a suspension, a delay of the change to 
> the new chord creating tension that will be resolved with the new 
> harmony or note. So, "Vorhalt" has nothing in common with any grace 
> note. A suspension must use the same note(s) present in the preceding 
> chord. Otherwise it is an appoggiatura.
>
> But indeed some people in Germany use "Vorschlag" and "Vorhalt" faulty 
> as synonymously.
You saw that I didn’t do so?
And yes, there are both uses of the term ‚Vorhalt‘.

Yours, Simon