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Here is the beginning of Schoenberg’s Piano Piece, Op.33a.
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Can you hear how the second half of the phrase mirrors the first?
The row is presented here in tetrachords.
Drill
Click on the P row form to play it. Then click on one of the transformations to play it.
Identify the transformation as a P, I, R, or RI row form.
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Transformation 1:
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Transformation 2:
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Transformation 3:
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Characterize
Does any particular ic characterize this row?
Listen to the opening of Op.33a again. Do you hear the perfect 4ths in the chords (most are from contiguous notes in the row, but not the D-G, for example, in the 3rd chord.) Tritones also play a role.
Analysis: given this opening articulation of the row, further examination of the discrete tetrachords would be indicated!
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