The Normal Form Pitch Class Sets

Procedure for putting a set into normal form

Excluding doubles, write pitch class as they were in a
scale ascending with an octave (there will be as
many orders as pitches)
Choose ordering that has smallest interval from first
to last
If there is a tie, choose ordering that is most
clustered away from the top
If there is still a tie, choose order beginning with
pitch class represented by the smallest integer
o The arrangement on the clock that has the smallest hand
span and has the biggest gap towards the top is the normal
form
Transposing line of pitches vs. a melodic line of notes
Simply done by adding a numeric value to each
integer (set class + 6 = Transposition number or Tn)
This creates a deeper unity beneath a varied musical
surface
Inversion
Order preserved and contour reserved
Inversion is done around 0
By convention we always invert first then transpose
To invert an pitch simply minus it by 12
Set {1 3 8} inverted is (12-1 = 11, 12-3 =9,
12-8=4)
My inverted set is (11, 9, 4)
I can now transpose this and create unity
throughout pitches)

Interval Class Vector: Descries intervallic contact that is present

within group of pitch classes
o Pitch classes have enharmonic and octave equivilancy
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