Harmony / Transformations / Metamorphoses / Individual / No. 2




Metamorphosis 2 is usually presented closed, in either form (first or last).
     The chord changes:
          - its direction;
          - its position in the series of fifths (1FRAMEaway);
          - the swing to which it belongs;
               (2 fifths away - with the metamorphosed chord in interior positions);
          - the note which acts asOrbit 0(theCOMMON TONE);
          -Orbit 2andOrbit 3replace each other,
               - the note which wasOrbit 2becomesOrbit 3and that which wasOrbit 3becomesOrbit 2.

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We have here the following chords:
     C6- with aSubstitution1(3), followed by theMOTRIXA, in the Alto;
     G71Dm65- Metamorphosis 2 - with a Substitution 1(0), in the Bass
          which removes both the G,Orbit 0of G71and the A,Orbit 0of Dm65.
          Each of these two notes serves asOrbit 0on one chord and
               as aNon-chordal ToneofOrbit 0on the other.
          By having the chord Incomplete we avoid this incompatibility altogether.
     Am7- with a Substitution 1(3), followed by theMOTRIXG, in the Soprano;
     Dm65G71- Metamorphosis 2 - with a Substitution 1(0), in the Tenor.
The chords of Rest (on the Beat), C6and Am7, were first presented as Real Triads
     to differentiate them from each other.


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