retrograde inversions

Noun

retrograde inversion (countable and uncountable, plural retrograde inversions)

1. A technique where the composer will take the inversion of the tone row, and write that backwards, thus creating a retrograded inversion of the original note row.
2. A composition technique where the composer inverts the retrograde of a melody or makes the retrograde of the inversion of the melody, using only notes in the same key as the original melody.