MUTH 301: Interval and Transposition Worksheet
1) For the following melody from Bartok's 1st String Quartet, label: a) directed pitch intervals;
b) undirected pitch intervals mod 12; c) interval classes, or undirected pitch-class intervals.
a)
b)
c)
> >œ œ
bœ œ œ œ # œ ˙. œ œ œ bœ œ œ œ œ
˙. ˙ œœ œ
&c
ƒ f ƒ f
a)
b)
c)
bœ bœ
œ bœ #œ œ nœ œ #œ œ œ nœ œ bœ ‰
œ œ #œ nœ
5
& œ œ bœ bœ
ƒ p#œ nœ f p π
2) Transpositions:
Identify the pitch transposition. Identify the p.c. transposition. Construct a T5 that is not
also a pitch transposition.
œ bœ
b œœ b n b œœœœ # œœœ
& # œœœ # œœœ
9
nœ b œœ œœ
œ
2 [Title]
∑ ∑ ∑
12
&
∑ ∑ ∑
15
&
∑ ∑ ∑
18
&
∑ ∑ ∑
21
&
∑ ∑ ∑
24
&
∑ ∑ ∑
27
&
∑ ∑
30
&