What does "escape tone" mean?

a non-harmonic tone that is a second from a note in the previous chord and more than a second from a note in the next chord

Escape tone

noun

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Noun

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a non-harmonic tone that is a second from a note in the previous chord and more than a second from a note in the next chord

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