retrograde inversion
retrograde inversion · retrograde inversions
A technique where the composer will take the inversion of the tone row, and write that…A technique where the composer will take the inversion of the tone row, and write that backwards, thus creating a retrograded inversion of the original note row.
Meaning
2 senses(countable, uncountable)A technique where the composer will take the inversion of the tone row, and write that backwards, thus creating a retrograded inversion of the original note row.
(countable, uncountable)A composition technique where the composer inverts the retrograde of a melody or makes the retrograde of the inversion of the melody, using only notes in the same key as the original melody.
Forms
plural: retrograde inversions| Singular | retrograde inversion |
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Lessons for this word
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