cambiata

[ kam-bee-ah-tuh ]
/ ˌkæm biˈɑ tə /

noun Music.

a melodic ornamental tone following a principal tone by a skip, usually of a third above or below, and progressing by a step.
Also called changing tone, changing note.
Compare échappée.

Origin of cambiata

< Italian: short for nota cambiata changed note; cambiata, feminine past participle of cambiare to change