Unit 3, Schoenbergian Analysis Flashcards
“What” a composition is about. Relation of tones one to another.
The musical idea
“How” the musical idea is carried out.
The presentation of the musical idea
The “basic shape”. A somewhat ambiguous term used as the basis of coherence in a composition. The memorable shape or contour created by the motive.
Grundgestalt
A note or chord that creates unrest, conflict, or instability that challenges the sovereignty of the tonic.
Tonal problem
The generalized tendency created in music to move away from the tonic.
Centrifugal force
The generalized tendency to maintain or return to the tonic.
Centripetal force
A network of key area relationships that are displayed in an area based on relative closeness to or common tones with the tonic.
Chart of the regions
Non-tonic key areas as perceived as a localized departure form the overall tonic of a work.
Regions
Ambiguous harmonies that have limited transpositions by the nature of their design (e.g., fully-diminished seventh chords, augmented triads).
Vagrant harmonies
Triads or a series of chords that can be different functions in different tonal contexts. These chords weaken the the bonds of a tonality, such as through modulation.
Neutral harmonies
Change directed toward the goal of allowing new ideas to arise.
Developing variation
The perspective that a composition is only in a single key in which the work must begin and end satisfactorily.
Monotonality
The resolution of the tonal problem.
Neutralization
Similarities in a composition that bind the individual phenomena into forms.
Coherence
The ability of the listener to process the music in time and apprehend the music as a whole.
Comprehensibility
