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| A harmonic progression that contains a V-I motion but lacks an opening tonic |
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| The deepest structural level, showing the fundamental structure of a composition. |
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| Bass arpeggiation (Bassbrechung) |
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| The lower voice of the Ursatz motion I-III-V-I, I-II-V-I or I-IV-V-I in the bass that spans many pieces in the background. |
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| Composing-out (Auskomponierung) |
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| The general term for creating musical content from a given basic progression by way of diminution and prolongation. |
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| Chords formed through either passing motion or through neighboring motion (including incomplete neighbors) |
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| The name given to the process of linear units prolonging harmonic ones |
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| A note that divides a large interval into two roughly equal portions, usually in a bass progression. |
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| Prolongation of a previous motive |
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| internal progression that appears to lead to a cadence and then backs off |
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| The surface layer of the music |
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| Fundamental line (Urlinie) |
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| Descending linear progression that descends from 8, 5, or 3 that appears in the background as a part of the Ursatz. |
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| Fundamental structure (Ursatz) |
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| The background tonal structure of a composition, comprising an Urlinie (fundamental line) and a bass arpeggiation (Bass-brechung). |
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| Modulatory key in relationship to fundamental structure |
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| Suggested tone that does not appear directly in the music, indicated by parentheses |
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| Intermediate (pre-dominant) harmony |
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| Chords that connect the initial tonic with the structural dominant |
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| Interruption (Unterbrechung) |
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| A form of the fundamental structure in which there is a break after followed by a return to the primary tone |
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| Linear intervallic pattern |
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| Repeated interval pattern between two voices |
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| two consonant tones are connected by one or more stepwise passing notes |
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| The variable number of layers between the background and the foreground of a piece |
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| The melodic continuity created through stepwise motion |
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| Recurring pattern of tones in identical or similar form |
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| Motivic parallelism/repetition |
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| Repeated motions portrayed through brackets |
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| Articulates two or more distinct voices |
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| Prolongation (melodic and harmonic) |
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| When a tone or chord remains active in its context though other tones or chords intervene |
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| The time in which a tone or chord remains active |
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| Bass notes, particularly I and V of the bass arpeggiation |
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| An approach to Strict counterpoint that proceeds methodically from note-against-note settings of the cantus firmus to more complex combinations of parts |
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| Structural level (Schicht) |
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| The layers of music successively further from the surface as revealed by Schenkerian analysis |
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| The replacement of one note for another that would normally be expected in a given context, e.g. 7 replacing 2 |
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| Lower-level replications of fundamental structures |
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| Expanding of a chord through arpeggiation of its tones between two voices |
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| Voice-leading graph (Urlinie-Tafel) |
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| The detailed foreground graph of an entire movement or composition. |
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