When Motive Is Repeated Immediately in Another Voice?

The exact transposition of a melody at different pitch levels. Imitation: the repetition of a motive or a fragment in a different voice. Imitation[:] The repetition of a melody or melodic group in close succession, but in a different voice; the repetition of a melody at a different pitch level in a polyphonic texture.

What is it called when a motive is repeated on a different note of the scale?

In music and jazz improvisation, a melodic pattern (or motive) is a cell or germ serving as the basis for repetitive pattern. It is a figure that can be used with any scale. ... "Sequence" refers to the repetition of a part at a higher or lower pitch, and melodic sequence is differentiated from harmonic sequence.

What does inversion of the motive mean?

Like transposition— which raises or lowers to the same degree every pitch of a motive— the alteration of contour and order that affects every element of a motive is common. Inversion is a transformation that projects the interval between pitches in the opposite direction.

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