請問 suspension 是甚麼意思?

suspension 是懸留法, 懸留音.

A suspension occurs when the harmony shifts from one chord to another, but one or more notes of the first chord are temporarily held over into the second in which they are nonchord tones before resolving to a chord tone:

Suspensions may be further described using the number of the interval forming the suspension and its resolution; e.g. 4-3 suspension, 7-6 suspension. Most suspensions resolve downwards; the example shown above, a 7-8 suspension, is a rare example of an upwards resolution (also called a retardation). A suspension must be prepared with the same note (in the same voice) using a chord tone in the preceding chord; otherwise it is an appoggiatura. The notes are often tied, but this is optional.

A suspended chord is an added tone chord with a "suspended" fourth or second as an added tone which doesn't resolve.

For an audiovisual illustration of the concept of harmonic suspension, visit external link suspension and pedal point.

有圖: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suspension_%28music%29

在演奏巴赫的作品的時候對于巴赫的音樂作品，許多演奏家持有這樣一種觀點︰巴赫的那些作品誕生的年代還沒有右踏板的出現。在演奏中如果使用踏板，將影響作品的原始風貌。但不知是否有人考慮過在巴赫創作這些樂曲的年代同樣沒有現代鋼琴的出現，那些作品是為羽管鍵琴和古鋼琴所創作的。可見，我們在現代鋼琴上演奏巴赫的作品就已經破壞了巴赫作品的原始風貌。
在巴赫作品中如何使用踏板的問題上菲魯奇奧‧布索尼的這段話可以給我們一些啟示"踏板在巴赫的鋼琴作品中是需要的，在鋼琴作品中使用踏板而有聽不出來，才是唯一正確的方法。有關這一點，我們指的是用踏板來連接兩個依次進行的單音或和弦，為強調一個懸留音，為延續一個單聲部，等等.

suspension 標示解釋

1. 懸掛,懸吊;懸浮;懸置[U]
2. 暫停;中止;停職;停學[U][(+of/from)]
I think her suspension from the team was a very harsh punishment.
我認為她被暫停參加隊的比賽是很嚴厲的處罰。
3. (判斷)暫不作出;(刑罰)暫緩執行;暫停支付[U][(+of)]
4. 懸置機構;懸架[C]
5. 【化】懸浮體;懸浮液[C]
6. 【音】延留法;延留音[U][C]

Grade 6 Aural 中提及的suspension 是中止的意思