techniques

Question 1

inversion

Answer 1

take melody and turn upside down

Question 2

retrograde

Answer 2

rewriting and performing an original melodic line in reverse

Question 3

augmentation

Answer 3

lengthening the value of the original notes in a melodic theme

Question 4

diminution

Answer 4

shortening the value of the original notes in a melodic theme

Question 5

wedging

Answer 5

stretching the melodic intervals of the original melody

Question 6

splicing

Answer 6

reducing the internal distance between the notes of an original melody

Question 7

polymetry

Answer 7

combining two different time signatures simultaneously

Question 8

counterpoint

Answer 8

combining two or note different melodie’s, played simultaneously

Question 9

telescoping

Answer 9

taking first and final note or fragments from several sections in a work and combining them to create new material