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Music theory

a family of pitch-class sets related by transposition and inversion, labeled by a prime form or a Forte number.

In music theory, set class refers to a family of pitch-class sets related by transposition and inversion, labeled by a prime form or a Forte number. This meaning comes from Forte (1973) in The structure of atonal music.[1]

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References

  1. Forte, A. (1973). The structure of atonal music. Yale University Press. ISBN 9780300016109

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