Schoenberg

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  • Created on: 03-04-13 19:17
chromaticism
music based on the chromatic scale, relating to chords or harmonies based on non-harmoniic tones
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impressionist
a style of music that seeks to describe a feeling or experience rather than achieve accurate depiction
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atonal
absemce of tonality (key)
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klangfarbenmelodie
literally 'tone colour melody' a word used to describe how timbre contributes to melody in addition to pitch and rhythm
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complement
that six semitones not used in the first hexachord
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principla voice
the main melodic line
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secondary voice
the next most importance melodic line after the principal voice
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prime row
the musical material on which a piece of serial music is based, normally consisting of the 12 notes of the chromatic scale in an order set by the composer
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serialism
a compositional technique invited by schoenberg and used by many composers of the 20th century
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inversion
process of turning a part upside down, so that a mirror image is created to the orginal
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retrograde
a method of devloping a series by reversing the order in which the pitches are heard
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retrograde inversion
a method of developing a series by reversing the order in which the pitches of the inverted series are heard
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enharmonic
different ways a 'spelling' thee same pitch, for example Bflat and A#
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impressionist

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a style of music that seeks to describe a feeling or experience rather than achieve accurate depiction

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atonal

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klangfarbenmelodie

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complement

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