retrograde inversion
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.87 in modern English
24
Scrabble Score
19
Letters
5
Syllables
11
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A technique where the composer will take the inversion of the tone row, and write that backwards, thus creating a retrograded inversion of the original note row.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
A composition technique where the composer inverts the retrograde of a melody or makes the retrograde of the inversion of the melody, using only notes in the same key as the original melody.
Countable; Uncountable