Pitch Reflection Invariance
"This applies specifically to the consonance relation between notes. For example, the degree of consonance between A and C is the same as the degree of consonance between C and A. This symmetry does not imply that music can be played "upside down", no doubt because there are aspects of melody perception that are more than just a function of consonance relationships between notes. However, there is an apparent "upside-downness" in the preferred choices of home chord in the diatonic scale (consisting of the notes A, B, C, D, E, F and G). The two preferred choices are A minor and C major, which are indeed mirror images of each other within the scale, reflected about the note D."
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