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What is a motive?
A short musical idea, a building block for larger compositions.
Define motivic transformation.
Altering a motive to add variety while maintaining unity.
What is transposition?
Moving a motive to a different pitch level.
Define inversion of a motive.
Reversing the direction of each interval in a motive.
What is a retrograde motive?
Playing the motive backwards.
Define extended motive.
Repeating the motive with added notes or phrases.
What is a truncated motive?
Shortening the motive by removing notes.
Define fragmented motive.
Breaking up the motive into smaller pieces.
What is augmentation?
Lengthening the duration of notes.
Define diminution.
Shortening the duration of notes.
How does motivic transformation create unity in a composition?
By using related musical ideas derived from a central motive.
How does motivic transformation create variety in a composition?
By altering the motive in different ways (transposition, inversion, etc.).
Describe an exact (chromatic) transposition.
Uses accidentals to maintain the exact interval quality when transposing.
Describe a tonal transposition.
Transposition that stays within the diatonic scale of the key.