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Passing note   /pˈæsɪŋ noʊt/   Listen
adjective
Passing  adj.  
1.
Relating to the act of passing or going; going by, beyond, through, or away; departing.
2.
Exceeding; surpassing, eminent. "Her passing deformity."
Passing note (Mus.), a character including a passing tone.
Passing tone (Mus.), a tone introduced between two other tones, on an unaccented portion of a measure, for the sake of smoother melody, but forming no essential part of the harmony.





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"Passing note" Quotes from Famous Books



... time to do more than to make a passing note upon each of these ingredients. Love is patience. This is the normal attitude of love; love passive, love waiting to begin; not in a hurry; calm; ready to do its work when the summons comes, but meantime wearing the ornament ...
— The World's Great Sermons, Volume 10 (of 10) • Various
... of the Strawberry and the Nettle (No. 2) deserves a passing note. It was the common opinion in his day that plants were affected by the neighbourhood of other plants to such an extent that they imbibed each other's virtues and faults. Thus sweet flowers were planted near fruit trees, with the ...
— The plant-lore & garden-craft of Shakespeare • Henry Nicholson Ellacombe


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