passing : Idioms & Phrases

• a tolling of a bell to announce that a soul is passing, or has passed, from its body (formerly done to invoke prayers for the dying); also, a tolling during the passing of a funeral procession to the grave, or during funeral ceremonies.

Webster 1913

• noun a nonharmonic note inserted for transition between harmonic notes
  passing note.
  

WordNet

• (Mus.), a character including a passing tone.

Webster 1913

• noun a nonharmonic note inserted for transition between harmonic notes
  passing note.
  

WordNet

• (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.

Webster 1913