10.5: Escape Tone
10.5 Escape Tone
An escape tone is approached by step and left by leap in the opposite direction. An easy example to remember is the end of the “Star-Spangled Banner.” The word “of” in “home of the brave” is an escape tone.
Here is another example, with escape tones used in a melodic sequence.
Here is an example of an escape tone in popular music.