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pitch-class set genera: a standalone construct

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families of pitch-class sets grouped by shared inclusion relations with a small generating set, used to classify the harmonic species of atonal music.

In music theory, pitch-class set genera refers to families of pitch-class sets grouped by shared inclusion relations with a small generating set, used to classify the harmonic species of atonal music. This meaning comes from Forte (1988) in Journal of Music Theory.[1]

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References

  1. Forte, A. (1988). Pitch-Class Set Genera and the Origin of Modern Harmonic Species. Journal of Music Theory, 32(2), 187. https://doi.org/10.2307/843436

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