新里曼理论得名于胡戈·里曼(1849–1919),他的用于联系各个三和弦的“二元(dualist)”系统取自于早期的19世纪和声理论家。术语“二元论(dualism)”强调了大调与小调可相互转换的关系;即小三和弦是大三和弦的负和声“倒影”。这种二元性造成了右图中音阶方向的不同。在1880年代,里曼提出了变换系统(system of transformations),将三和弦直接两两联系在一起[2]。David Lewin(1933–2003)在他的文章《Amfortas's Prayer to Titurel and the Role of D in Parsifal》(1984)以及他的一本具有影响力的书——《Generalized Musical Intervals and Transformations》(1987)中独立于里曼最初的构想,不把二元性作为前提的情况下,重新发展了这一方面的工作。1990年代与2000年代后续的发展,将数学系统进一步整合到理论的基本原则中,并且加入了二十世纪的音乐作品以及音乐心理学,极大地拓宽了新里曼理论的研究范围。
注意到P变换保持了和弦中的纯五度音程不变(即如果确定了和弦中有 C 和 G 两个音,则剩下的一个音为 E 或者 E♭);L变换保持了和弦中的小三度音程不变(即如果确定了和弦中有 E 和 G 两个音,则剩下的一个音为 C 或者 B);R变换保持了和弦中的大三度音程不变(即如果确定了和弦中有 C 和 E 两个音,则剩下的一个音为 G 或者 A)。
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