Chapter 7 Terms

Question 1

Twelve Tone (Dodecaphonic)

Answer 1

twelve tone music is based on one or more twelve tone rows

Question 2

Twelve Tone Row/Series

Answer 2

ordered arrangement of 12 pitch classes

Question 3

Serialism

Answer 3

refers to the compositional technique in which a row or series is used, no matter what the size of the row might be.

Question 4

Ordered Pitch-Class Collection

Answer 4

a row or series

Question 5

Order Number

Answer 5

A number from 0 to 11 to show the position each pitch class occupies in a row

Question 6

basic forms of a row

Answer 6

original order (Prime)
inverted intervals (Inversion)
reverse order (Retrograde)
inversion of reverse order (Retrograde inversion)

Question 7

Pitch Class Number

Answer 7

uses “fixed do” system of inter notation (0-11 like on the clock face)

Question 8

all interval row

Answer 8

can be written in pitch space in at least one form that contains all eleven intervals from the minor second to the major seventh (excluding unison and octave)

Question 9

derived row

Answer 9

row built from several forms of a single trichord or tetrachord

Question 10

discrete sub-set

Answer 10

divide the row into equal segments (adjacent, not overlapping)

Question 11

row class

Answer 11

the set of row forms related to an original row by transposition, inversion, retrograde, or retrograde inversion

Question 12

twelve tone matrix

Answer 12

a list of all forty-eight forms through a 12x12 matrix

Question 13

twelve count

Answer 13

identify all twelve pitch classes and number them with their corresponding order numbers