[Smt-talk] Altered pitch, preserved contour

[A.Ockelford at roehampton.ac.uk]

'Intervallic augmentation'?

Best

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Sent: Wednesday, May 20, 2009 11:23 AM
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Subject: [Smt-talk] Altered pitch, preserved contour

Can anyone think if there's an accepted term to describe the
phenomenon where some musical material is stretched in pitch (making
the intervals bigger but preserving the contour). The first thing that
comes to mind is 'augmentation', but this is usually only applied to
rhythmic alteration.

I suspect that, as this phenomenon is not common in the Western canon,
it may have escaped categorisation by the early C20th arbiters of
music theory. Though I'd be happy to be proved wrong.

Best wishes,
Richard
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