MOTIVIC TRANSFORMATIONS
Here we will consider ten motivic transformations used when developing musical cells. These transformations fall into two categories: destructive transformations and non-destructive transformations. Non-destructive transformations preserve adjacent intervallic relationships, and destructive transformations alter these fundamental relationships in either subtle or significant ways.
Non-destructive Transformations:
Destructive Transformations:
Non-destructive Transformations:
- Repetition
- Transposition
- Augmentation
- Diminution
- Inversion
- Retrogression
Destructive Transformations:
- Addition
- Subtraction
- Rotation
- Substitution