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abbreviations
"Tr" - a traditional, usually academic definition or symbol
"Ex-" - example
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T the Tenor voice in a choir.
TA seeVocentro
TANA seeVocentro
TARA seeVocentro
TABLES Mostly used in Just Intonation to give accurate tunings listed (a) construction of
the harmonic system, (b) placed in order of pitch (ascending or descending), and (c)
the natural harmonics. TAIL The 3 secondary chords (harmonic functions) of a mode - the ANTES-1, 2, and 3.
TEMPERATURE seeChrominicism
TEMPERED TUNING seeIntonation
TENANT CHORDS One of thetransformationsin Melo-Harmony.
TENDENCY The "desire" of a note to rise or to fall to the following note: (a) on a large level
(that of the Window of the diatonic system), according to its Chrominicism, and (b)
on a smaller level (that of the chord involved), according to the Voice-leading of
its specific Orbit. See theComments and Questionspage.
TENTH
Tr- Distance, in the Quantitative Dimension of Pitch (frequency) seeInterval
TERNARY Grouping and subdividing by three, the result of a Transformation in Rhythm TETRAD A 4-note chord. seeChordal Function
THIRD 1.Tr- Distance, in the Quantitative Dimension of Pitch (frequency) seeInterval2. The Median of a chord. seeChordal Function
THIRTEENTH
Tr- Distance, in the Quantitative Dimension of Pitch (frequency) seeInterval
THIRTY-SECOND-NOTE seeNote-values
TI seeVocentro
TIMBRE Qualitative Dimension in the World of Energy, proportion of the volume of the natural
harmonics to that of the fundamental tone
TIME One of the 3 Worlds of Music - its Quantitative Dimension is Duration of a note (or
chord) and its Qualitative Dimension (at any specific moment) is found in the Alternation
of Beat and Offbeat at all levels of Duration.
TONIC The chord in the center of the nucleus (the group of 3 similar-mode chords, of the
same mode as that of the tonality) TONAL FUNCTON
Each Tonal System (within a Window) contains seven chords with distinct Tonal Functions
Within the nucleus of the Tonal System (the three chords of the same mode as
that of the system)
The TONIC chord in the center of the three
The DOMINANT chord beside the TONIC, at the center of the Window
The COUNTER (Subdominant) chord on the other side of the TONIC, at the extremity
of the Window
Within the Tail of the Tonal System (the three chords of opposite mode to that
of the system
The ANTE-1 placed next to the DOMINANT
The ANTE-2 placed next to the ANTE-1
The ANTE-3 placed next to the ANTE-2, at the extremity of the Window
Joining both extremities of the Window to complete the Circle
The "Buckle" chord which has a smaller FRAME
(a diminished fifth, between the sharpest and flattest notes of the
system)
TONALITY seeKey
TRANSFORMATIONS A set of procedures which, applied to the Basic Materials of a Structure of Music
(Rhythm, Harmony, or Melody) will produce all the more complex forms. The very essence
of a Generative process TRIAD A 3-note chord. seeChordal FunctionandIncompleteness
TROCHEE A 2-syllable word consisting of Beat/Off-beat (Ex- "morning"). seeScansion
TRUNK TUNING Tuning which uses the interval of the perfect fifth (3/2). Also called Pythagorean
Tuning.
TWELFTH
Tr- Distance, in the Quantitative Dimension of Pitch (frequency) seeInterval
TUNING seeIntonation
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