Nonharmonic Tone Game

Name That Nonharmonic Tone!

This page is for student practice sessions.

Teachers and professors can access more excerpts illustrating Nonharmonic Tones by going to this list.

  Which Nonharmonic Tone do you hear in the following excerpts?

    1. CLICK THE LINK for the excerpt.
    2. LISTEN to the excerpt to decide on the Nonharmonic Tone.
    3. REPEAT as needed.
    4. CLICK "Answer" to see if you are right.

Attr. to Hasse: Polonaise from Notebook for A M Bach End of Excerpt	Answer
Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez: II Beginning of excerpt	Answer
Sousa: Semper Fi End of phrase	Answer
Bizet: "Toreador" from Carmen Beginning of excerpt	Answer
Beethoven: Sonata Op 49 No 2: II, Tempo di Minuetto Beginning of excerpt	Answer
Gruber: Silent Night Sally Fletcher, harp; Beginning of exceprt	Answer
Vivaldi: Four Seasons: Winter: III End of Excerpt	Answer
Berlioz: "Rakoczy March" from Damnation of Faust after dominant blasts	Answer
Bach: Contrapunctus 1 from Art of the Fugue large speakers needed for bass	Answer
The Star Spangled Banner, ending middle of excerpt	Answer