Music GCSE
Motivic working
What Motivic working means in Music GCSE, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Motivic working
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
Taking a short cell and transposing, inverting, fragmenting or sequencing it.
Topics that use Motivic working
- Component 2: Composing - Brief 1: Instrumental Music 1700–1820 (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
Related terms
- Binary form
- Extension of melodic material
- Harmonising a given melody
- Repetition and variation
- Rondo
- Ternary form
- Theme and variations
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