Re: SKETCH: A conlang based on music (was: Music-conlangs & music)
| From: | James W. <emindahken@...> |
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| Date: | Wednesday, July 5, 2006, 16:54 |
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Some terms supplied, FWIW...
On Wed, 5 Jul 2006 12:33:20 -0400, "Roger Mills" <rfmilly@...> said:
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> -- stretching out or compressing the theme (now I've forgotten the tech.
> terms :-(( )-- e.g. doubling or halving the values of the notes.
stretching: augmentation
compressing: diminution
> -- turning the theme upside down (perhaps that's what you mean by
> "reversal").
"turning upside down": inversion
reversal (in time): retrograde
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James W.