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NGfL CYMRU GCaD www.ngfl-cymru.org.uk 12-TONE TECHNIQUE SERIALISM

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12-TONE TECHNIQUE SERIALISM. Every piece of 12-tone music is based on a scale (called a ‘note row’ or ‘basic series’) that is devised especially for that piece of music. The scale must contain 12 different notes (notes of the chromatic scale), each note to be used once only. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Page 1: 12-TONE TECHNIQUE SERIALISM

NGfL CYMRU GCaD

www.ngfl-cymru.org.uk

12-TONE TECHNIQUESERIALISM

Page 2: 12-TONE TECHNIQUE SERIALISM

NGfL CYMRU GCaD

www.ngfl-cymru.org.uk

• Every piece of 12-tone music is based on a scale (called a ‘note row’ or ‘basic series’) that is devised especially for that piece of music.

• The scale must contain 12 different notes (notes of the chromatic scale), each note to be used once only.

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NGfL CYMRU GCaD

www.ngfl-cymru.org.uk

• The notes are arranged in a chosen order – ‘P’ (for ‘prime order’)

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NGfL CYMRU GCaD

www.ngfl-cymru.org.uk

• The note row is then written backwards – ‘R’ (for ‘retrograde’)

P

R

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NGfL CYMRU GCaD

www.ngfl-cymru.org.uk

• ‘P’ is then turned upside down - ‘I’ (for ‘inversion’).

P

I

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NGfL CYMRU GCaD

www.ngfl-cymru.org.uk

• The notes of ‘I’ are written backwards – ‘RI’ (for ‘retrograde inversion’)

I

RI

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NGfL CYMRU GCaD

www.ngfl-cymru.org.uk

• Each note of the row may be transposed at the octave.

• Any of these four forms of the series may be transposed (raised or lowered in pitch) to begin on any of the 12 notes of the chromatic scale – P1 to P11 (for ‘prime’).

• The row and its variants may be treated melodically and harmonically (chords built from the row).

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NGfL CYMRU GCaD

www.ngfl-cymru.org.uk

• Select notes of the chromatic scale in turn and write them down to form your note row (P), thinking carefully about the intervals between each note.

COMPOSITION – INDIVIDUAL TASK

See worksheet for other instructions