Motives
This type of motive maintains its characteristics rhythmic identity despite changes in its contour and intervals.
rhythmic motive
The abbreviation for passing tone
P
The name for a 2+2+4 phrase structure
Sentence
Spell an F dominant 7
F,A,C,Eb
A 2:3 polyrhythm
Hemiola
The term for ways that motives can be varied without losing their identity
Transformations
The abbreviation for neighbor tone
N
Weak phrase followed by a strong phrase
Period
Spell a Bb dim. triad
Bb, Db, Fb
A I6/4 is also known as what dominant chord?
Cadential 6/4
The motivic transformation when you move the motive to another scale degree
transposition
ret.
A basic unit of musical thought that ends with a cadence
phrase
Spell an Ab major 7
Ab, C, Eb, G
How does V-I resolve?
3rd up, 5th and 7th down
The type of motive that maintains it's shape but may have changes in its intervals and possibly its rhythm
Contour motive
The abbreviation for anticipation
ANT
In a period, when the second phrase is audibly a variant of the first
parallel period
Spell a D major triad
D, F#, A
The motivic transformation where the direction of each diatonic interval is reversed
inversion
ped
In a period, when the beginning and overall shape of one phrase is different from the other
contrasting period
Spell a C fully dim. 7
C, Eb, Gb, Bbb
Name the inversion of a P5
P4