Appendix 1: Excerpt from J. S. Bach’s Chorale BWV 668

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Figure Appendix 1 An excerpt from a Bach chorale featuring partial self-similar structures. The three lowest voices imitate the chorale in diminution and the alto in inversion. Brackets indicate other relationships. Score and annotations kindly provided by composer Gerald Bennett from the Swiss Center for Computer Music.

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