A Generative Theory of Tonal Music¶
Lerdahl, F., & Jackendoff, R. (1983). A Generative Theory of Tonal Music. MIT Press.
Cited by¶
2 citations across 2 artifacts.
Each citation links to the sentence it supports in the citing article.
Primes¶
- Parsing
- In music tonal and rhythmic grammars parse a melodic sequence into hierarchical structure (phrases, motifs, periods), parsed online by listeners and retrospectively by analysts.
This sourceCanonical transfer of generative grammars to music, parsing melodic sequences into hierarchical phrase/group structure.
- In music tonal and rhythmic grammars parse a melodic sequence into hierarchical structure (phrases, motifs, periods), parsed online by listeners and retrospectively by analysts.
- Rhythm
- Rhythm makes time parsable: an undifferentiated stream of moments becomes a small, repeating structure of beats, downbeats, and groupings that a perceiver or coordinator can track, predict, and act on.
This sourceFoundational cognitive theory of meter and grouping: separates the metrical grid of strong/weak expected positions from the grouping/accent structure laid over it, formalizing syncopation as displacement of stress onto metrically weak slots and distinguishing rhythm from bare recurrence.
- Rhythm makes time parsable: an undifferentiated stream of moments becomes a small, repeating structure of beats, downbeats, and groupings that a perceiver or coordinator can track, predict, and act on.
Verification¶
This reference passed the adversarial substantiation pipeline: it was checked to exist and to support the claim it is attached to. See how references were verified.
Registry ID ref:ca6d6b9c85a3 · see in the full table