Subtraction Principle - When a melody is repeated and each time a note of the melody is taken away, usually from the end, Additional Principle - You begin with a single note, then each time you add one extra note, Inversion - A mirror image of a melody is played. The main melody is usually accompanied by its own inversion. The notes of the main melody are GAC, so the inversion is GFD, Diminution - When note values are shortened e.g. a melody that was previously written in minims is played in crotchets, Augmentation - When note values are lengthened e.g. a melody that previously was written in crotchets is played using minims, Retrograde - This is when a melody is played backwards. GAC becomes CAG, Canon - This is a melody in one part which is imitated by one or more parts at a fixed distance, Atonality - Music that is not based on the major or minor scale, Tonal Centre/Anchor - When one note occurs frequently in a section, 3 Note Cell - GAC,

Seachanges Compositional Techniques

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