Unfolding (music)

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Unfolding: outlining thirds through skipping between the upper and lower notes

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In Schenkerian analysis and music, unfolding (German: Ausfaltung) or compound melody is the implication of more than one melody by a single voice through skipping back and forth between the notes of the two melodies. See: monophony, polyphony, and counterpoint.

v t e Schenkerian analysis (glossary)

Bass arpeggiation Diminution Fundamental line Fundamental structure Klang (music) Linear progression Neighbor note Obligatory register Primary tone Prolongation Reaching over Register transfer Scale-step Strata (music) Structural level Tonal space Unfolding (music) Voice exchange Voice leading

Counterpoint Free Composition Harmony

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