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Glossary of Schenkerian analysis


This is a glossary of Schenkerian analysis, a method of musical analysis of tonal music based on the theories of Heinrich Schenker (1868-1935). The method is discussed in the concerned article and no attempt will be made here to summarize it. Similarly, the entries below will whenever possible link to other articles where the concepts are described with more details (in several cases, the name of the entry links to a specialized article), and the definitions will be kept here to a minimum.

Anstieg

Arpeggiation (German: Brechung)

Ausfaltung

Auskomponierung

Außensatz

Background (German: Hintergrund)

Bass arpeggiation (German: Baßbrechung)

Baßbrechung

Brechung

Chord of nature

Composing out

Compound melody

Coupling (German: Koppelung)

Cover tone (German: Deckton)

Deckton

Diminution

Divider (German: Teiler)

Elaboration

Fernhören

First-order arpeggiation

Foreground (German: Vordergrund)

Free Composition (German: freier Satz)


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