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41. Tonality

  • George Perle
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Twelve-Tone Tonality, Second edition
This chapter is in the book Twelve-Tone Tonality, Second edition
© 1997 University of California Press, Berkeley

© 1997 University of California Press, Berkeley

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter I
  2. Contents VII
  3. Preface to the Second Edition XI
  4. Part I: Exposition
  5. 1. Introduction 1
  6. 2. Inversionally Complementary Cycles 7
  7. 3. Symmetrical Chords and Progressions 12
  8. 4. Dyadic Sums and Differences 18
  9. 5. The Cyclic Set of Interval 7 20
  10. 6. Cognate Sets 22
  11. 7. Verticalization in Twelve-Tone Music 25
  12. 8. Cyclic Chords and Axis-Note Dyads 27
  13. 9. Difference Tables 31
  14. 10. Composing with Twelve-Tone Modes 33
  15. 11. The Odd and Even Modes 45
  16. 12. Sum Tables 47
  17. 13. Tonic and Resultant Set Forms 49
  18. 14. Sum Tetrachords 53
  19. 15. The Cyclic Set of Interval 1 57
  20. 16. Larger Implications of Tonic Set Forms 61
  21. 17. The Interval-1 and Interval-7 Sets Combined 67
  22. 18. Derived Sets 71
  23. 19. The Remaining Cyclic Sets 75
  24. 20. Alban Berg's Master Array of the Interval Cycles 80
  25. 21. Sum and Difference Scales 84
  26. 22. The Master Modes 86
  27. 23. The Master Keys 99
  28. 24. Composing with Sum Tetrachords 111
  29. 25. Modulation Through Tonic Chords 120
  30. 26. Imitative Counterpoint 128
  31. 27. Large-Scale Progression 132
  32. 28. The Three Tonalities 138
  33. 29. Triadic Arrays 146
  34. 30. Conclusion 157
  35. Part II: Developments and Recapitulations
  36. 31. Symmetrical Progressions Through Non-Symmetrical Chords: A Postscript to Chapter 3 171
  37. 32. Voice-Leading Implications of Sum Tetrachords 177
  38. 33. Transpositional and Symmetrical Equivalence: Aggregate Sums and the Three Tonalities 183
  39. 34. The Synoptic Array: A Postscript to Chapters 22 and 23 192
  40. 35. Modulation Through Substitution: A Postscript to Chapter 25 198
  41. 36. Modulation Through Reinterpretation 206
  42. 37. Imitative Counterpoint II: A Postscript to Chapter 26 224
  43. 38. Consonant and Dissonant Figuration 229
  44. 39. Background and Foreground Sums and Cycles 235
  45. 40. The Unanswered Questions 241
  46. 41. Tonality 248
  47. Appendix: Dyadic Cyclic Sets 253
  48. Index to Names and Compositions 255
  49. Index to Basic Definitions 256
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