Normal form prime form

Whereas normal form deals with the exact pitches as they occur in the music, prime form is usually a transposition and possibly an inversion of the normal form to its most essential form, much in the way an E♭ major triad in second inversion belongs to the category “major triad,” or a G /F belongs to the more general ...

1. How do you go from normal form to prime form?
2. What is normal form set theory?
3. How do you find the normal form in music theory?

How do you go from normal form to prime form?

Prime form

1. Put the pitch class set in normal order. [10, 0, 2, 3, 5]
2. Transpose the set so that the first pitch class is 0. T₂ = [0, 2, 4, 5, 7]
3. Invert the results from Step 2 and put the result in normal order. ...
4. Transpose the set from Step 3 so that the first pitch class is 0. ...
5. Compare the sets in Step 2 and Step 4.

What is normal form set theory?

Normal form represents the notes of a pitch-class set (as they occur in the music) in their most compact form. ... In the event that two orderings have the same interval span from lowest to highest note, choose the set that has the smaller interval between the first and penultimate notes.

How do you find the normal form in music theory?

Normal form is written in square brackets with commas. The normal form found in step 3 above was [11, 2, 3, 7].