(It.: ‘changed [note]’).
An unaccented Non-harmonic note that intervenes in a melodic resolution but is not contained in the interval circumscribing the resolution, and which is approached in the same direction as that of the resolution.
In American usage ‘cambiata’ denotes the changing voice of an adolescent boy; both the term and the music associated with it recognize the special qualities and requirements of such voices.
See also Nota cambiata.