Ionian
mode-same as major
dorian
natural minor with #6
phyrgian
natural minor- b2
lydian
mode-major #4
mixolydian
major b7
aoelian
natural minor
locrian
minor b2 and b5
lydian-mixolydian
major #4 and b7
major pentatonic
do re mi sol la
minor pentatonic
1 b3 4 5 b7
whole-tone scale
set of six pitches where every interval is a whole step apart. this is semeterical due to a lack of interval changes and is without tonal focus
octatonic scale
eight pitches arrange whwhwhwh, also two tetrachords piled ontop of each other
pitch class
all the same notes in octaves. ex: -2c -1c 0c 1c 2c
pitch collection
a group of pitch classes that serve as the source of musical materials for a work or a section of work
set
a group of pitches or pitch classes can sometimes be used interchangeably with collection but collection tend to be five or more elements
subset
a small group with in a set
cardinality
the number of elements
dyads-2
trichords-3
tetrachord-4
penatchord-5
etc
cardinality
the number of elements
dyads-2
trichords-3
tetrachord-4
penatchord-5
etc
cardinality
the number of elements
dyads-2
trichords-3
tetrachord-4
penatchord-5
etc
property
invariance
means that something has been kept the same. composer use invariance to create uniformity and relate sections in a pieace
segment
a section of pitch classes that are chosen to grouped together for anylasis. ordered means that they appear in the same order as in the score unordered means that they appear in value order
row
a specific ordering of all twelve pitch classes
retrograde
the pitch order is reversed from last to first
inversion
the direction of each pitch interval reverses
retrograde-inverstion
the pitch interval sequence is in reverse order(always inversion first the retrograde)
dodecaphonic
twelve-tone music. serial music composed with twelve pc segments
serial music
music composed with ordered segments, typically pitch or pitch class segments. other elements that can be ordered such as articulations, duration, rythms and dynamics
bi-modal
where one musical stream is in one mode while another is in a different mode
stratification
layering of music texture
polyrhythm
a compounds rhythm something that cant be divided into symetrical halves
planing
a type of chord connection where a line is doubled in severel voices resulting in parallel motion and is associated particulary with debussy’s style
tendency tone
a chord member or scale degree whose dissonant relation to the surrounding tones requires a particular resolution in common-practice style
non-tonal music
music that does not establish a tonic or tonal hierchy and meodies that are built frommajor and mdinor scales whose scale-degree functions point toward the tonic.
asymetrical meter
something with an odd number of subdivision ex 7/8
rotation
where you take a mode and you start on a different degree of a mode
transposition
the pitch-interval sequences were identical
parallel mode
mode that has the same tonic but a different interval ratio