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Assignment 4: Invention

The following questions are in reference to the Two-Part Invention in C Major below. As you answer them, please note that differences of two or three pitches here and there are not sufficient to discount one texture as having been derived from another. If you would like, you may insert the Inventions CD and listen to it.
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  1. Which two measures would most closely resemble the Evolutio of mm. 1-2?
    mm. 7-8
    mm. 9-10
    mm. 15-16
    mm. 19-20

  2. Which two measures would most closely resemble the contrapuntal inversion of mm. 1-2?
    mm. 7-8
    mm. 9-10
    mm. 15-16
    mm. 19-20

  3. Which two measures would most closely resemble the melodic inversion of mm. 1-2?
    mm. 7-8
    mm. 9-10
    mm. 15-16
    mm. 19-20

  4. By what interval is the mm. 11-12 chunk the
    contrapuntal inversion of the mm. 3-4 chunk?
    octave
    tenth
    twelfth
    fourteenth

  5. By what process are mm. 19-20 generated from mm. 11-12?
    sequence
    melodic inversion
    contrapuntal inversion
    Evolutio

  6. By what process are mm. 17-18 generated from mm. 15-16?
    sequence
    melodic inversion
    contrapuntal inversion
    Evolutio

  7. By what process are mm. 9-10 generated from mm. 7-8?
    sequence
    melodic inversion
    contrapuntal inversion
    Evolutio

  8. By what process are mm. 19-20 generated from mm. 3-4?
    sequence
    melodic inversion
    contrapuntal inversion
    Evolutio

    Don't forget to eject the CD and return it to the front desk.

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