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In music
Music

Music is an art form whose media is sound organized in time. Common elements of music are pitch , rhythm , dynamics , and the sonic qualities of timbre and texture ....
, a transformation consists of any operation or process that a composer
Composer

A composer is a person who creates music, usually in the medium of musical notation, for interpretation and performance. The level of distinction between composers and other musicians varies, which affects issues such as copyright and the deference given to individual interpretations of a particular piece of music....
, performer, or analyst may apply to a musical variable (usually a set
Set theory (music)

Musical set theory provides concepts for categorizing musical objects and describing their relationships. Many of the notions were first elaborated by Howard Hanson in connection with tonality music, and then mostly developed in connection with atonal music; the concepts of set theory are very general and can be applied to tonal and atonal...
 or tone row
Tone row

In music, a tone row or note row , also series and set, refers to a non-repetitive ordering of the twelve notes of the chromatic scale....
 in twelve tone music, or a melody or chord progression
Chord progression

A chord progression is series of chord s played in order. Chord progressions are central to most modern music and the principal study of harmony....
 in tonal music
Tonality

Tonality is a system of music in which specific hierarchy pitch relationships are based on a Key "center" or Tonic . The term tonalit? originated with Alexandre-?tienne Choron and was borrowed by Fran?ois-Joseph F?tis in 1840 ....
). Transformations include multiplication
Multiplication

Multiplication is the Operation of scaling one number by another. It is one of the four basic operations in elementary arithmetic .Multiplication is defined for Natural number in terms of repeated addition; for example, 4 multiplied by 3 can be calculated by adding 3 copies of 4 together:...
, rotation
Rotation (disambiguation)

The term rotation can be used in several ways and includes various topics. Generally, it is used to denote the rotation of movement of a rigid body in such a way that any given point of that body remains at a constant distance from some fixed line ....
, permutation
Permutation (music)

In music, a permutation of a set is a transformation of its prime form by applying zero or more of certain operations, specifically transposition , inversion , and retrograde....
 (i.e. transposition
Transposition (music)

In music transposition refers to the process of moving a collection of notes up or down in pitch by a constant interval . For example, one might transpose an entire piece of music into another Key ....
, inversion
Inversion (music)

In music theory, the word inversion has several meanings. There are inverted chords, inverted melodies, inverted intervals, and inverted voices....
, and retrograde), and combinations thereof.








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In music
Music

Music is an art form whose media is sound organized in time. Common elements of music are pitch , rhythm , dynamics , and the sonic qualities of timbre and texture ....
, a transformation consists of any operation or process that a composer
Composer

A composer is a person who creates music, usually in the medium of musical notation, for interpretation and performance. The level of distinction between composers and other musicians varies, which affects issues such as copyright and the deference given to individual interpretations of a particular piece of music....
, performer, or analyst may apply to a musical variable (usually a set
Set theory (music)

Musical set theory provides concepts for categorizing musical objects and describing their relationships. Many of the notions were first elaborated by Howard Hanson in connection with tonality music, and then mostly developed in connection with atonal music; the concepts of set theory are very general and can be applied to tonal and atonal...
 or tone row
Tone row

In music, a tone row or note row , also series and set, refers to a non-repetitive ordering of the twelve notes of the chromatic scale....
 in twelve tone music, or a melody or chord progression
Chord progression

A chord progression is series of chord s played in order. Chord progressions are central to most modern music and the principal study of harmony....
 in tonal music
Tonality

Tonality is a system of music in which specific hierarchy pitch relationships are based on a Key "center" or Tonic . The term tonalit? originated with Alexandre-?tienne Choron and was borrowed by Fran?ois-Joseph F?tis in 1840 ....
). Transformations include multiplication
Multiplication

Multiplication is the Operation of scaling one number by another. It is one of the four basic operations in elementary arithmetic .Multiplication is defined for Natural number in terms of repeated addition; for example, 4 multiplied by 3 can be calculated by adding 3 copies of 4 together:...
, rotation
Rotation (disambiguation)

The term rotation can be used in several ways and includes various topics. Generally, it is used to denote the rotation of movement of a rigid body in such a way that any given point of that body remains at a constant distance from some fixed line ....
, permutation
Permutation (music)

In music, a permutation of a set is a transformation of its prime form by applying zero or more of certain operations, specifically transposition , inversion , and retrograde....
 (i.e. transposition
Transposition (music)

In music transposition refers to the process of moving a collection of notes up or down in pitch by a constant interval . For example, one might transpose an entire piece of music into another Key ....
, inversion
Inversion (music)

In music theory, the word inversion has several meanings. There are inverted chords, inverted melodies, inverted intervals, and inverted voices....
, and retrograde), and combinations thereof.

See also

  • Permutation
    Permutation (music)

    In music, a permutation of a set is a transformation of its prime form by applying zero or more of certain operations, specifically transposition , inversion , and retrograde....
  • Transformational theory
    Transformational theory

    Transformational theory is a branch of music theory developed by David Lewin in the 1980s, and formally introduced in his most influential work, Generalized Musical Intervals and Transformations ....