Serial Composition

avoided basic duration bass canon Canticum Sacrum chapter chordal chords chromatic chromatic scale clarinet classical climax completely composers considerable consonance consonance and dissonance contrapuntal counterpoint create Dallapiccola degree of tension dissonance dynamics effect emotive factors false relations flute four-note free atonalism free twelve-note composition groups hexachord horizontal instruments integral serialism intervals inversion Klangfarbenmelodie Luigi Nono lyrical major major seventh melody method metrical minor minor third mirror movement note-group note-order octave orchestra palindrome permutation Pfte phrase piano possible principles produce relaxation repetition result retrograde rhythmic configuration rhythmic designs rhythms Schoenberg semitone serial manipulation serial music serial usage solo sounds strong structure style of free stylistic technique tension flow texture thematic tion tonal tone colour total-chromatic traditional transposed transpositions triad tritone twelve notes twelve-note harmony twelve-note series upper usually Variations various vertical vibraphone violin vocal voice Webern's whole-tone writing