Motivic transformation: same pitches, different rhythmIn
measures 1 and 3 the pitches remain the same but the rhythm changes
through displacement.
Motivic embellishmentMotivic embellishment occurs in measure
27.
Tonal inversionInversion changes the direction of a melodic
gesture from up to down, or from down toup. Tonal inversion adjusts
the intervals either to leave the tonality undisturbed or to create
a wider or narrower interval in the inversion. Exact inversion
maintains the exactintervallic relationships even if the tonality
is disturbed in the process. Tonal inversionoccurs in a comparison
of measures 1 and 9. The perfect fourth in measure 1 inverts to
aperfect fifth in measure 9. The melodic gesture changes from
downward in measure 1 toupward in measure 9. The tonality remains
undisturbed.
Exact inversionExact inversion occurs in a comparison of
measures 6 and 14. The consecutive intervals of a major second, a
minor second, and a major third in measure 6 are mirroredin measure
14. (As it turns out, this particular inversion doesnt disturb the
tonality of B% major.)
