PROLONGATION

Prolongation

In music theory, prolongation refers to the process in tonal music through which a pitch, interval, or consonant triad is able to govern spans of music when not physically sounding. It is a central principle in the music-analytic methodology of Schenkerian analysis, conceived by Austrian theorist Heinrich Schenker.

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prolongation

Noun

  1. The act of prolonging.
  2. That which has been prolonged; an extension.


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