A generative theory of tonal music
By: Fred Lerdahl, Ray Jackendoff.
Contributors: Jackendoff, Ray, 1945-
Series: The MIT Press series on cognitive theory and mental representation
Publisher: MIT Press
Published: 1983
Place of publication: Cambridge, MA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 368
ISBN-13: 9780262621076
Copyright date: 1983
Subjects: Music theory; Music -- Psychological aspects; Music and language
Notes: Bibliography: p. [353]-359.
Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Preface; title: Preface to the 1996 reprint; title: Part one : Theoretical perspective.; title: Music theory as psychology; title: The connection with linguistics; title: The connection with artistic concerns; title: The overall form of the theory; title: Part two : Introduction to rhythmic structure.; title: Grouping structure; title: Metrical structure; title: The interaction of grouping and meter; title: The relation of structural accent to grouping and meter; title: Part three : Grouping structure.; title: Grouping well-formedness rules; title: Perceptual motivation for the preference rule formalism; title: Grouping preference rules; title: Grouping overlaps; title: The performer's influence on preferred hearing; title: Two more examples; title: Part four : Metrical structure.; title: Metrical well-formedness rules; title: Metrical preference rules; title: Further metrical preference rules; title: Variations on the metrical well-formedness rules; title: Metrical irregularities at hypermeasure levels; title: Part five : Introduction to reductions.; title: The need for reductions; title: Possible formal approaches to reduction; title: The tree notation for reductions; title: Preliminary construction of reductions; title: Part six : Time-span reduction : the analytic system.; title: Time-span segmentation; title: Time-span trees and metrical structure; title: Time-span trees and structural accents; title: Details of cadential reduction; title: Background structures and the location of the structural dominant; title: A complete time-span reduction; title: Part seven : Formalization of time-span reduction.; title: Time-span segmentation; title: Time-span reduction well-formedness rules; title: Preference rules within phrases; title: Structural accents of groups; title: Concluding remarks; title: Part eight : Prolongational reduction : the analytic system.; title: Intuitions about tension and relaxation; title: Preliminaries to prolongational trees; title: Prolongational trees; title: A secondary notation; title: A complete prolongational reduction; title: Part nine : Formalization of prolongational reduction.; title: Fundamental hypotheses; title: Prolongational reduction well-formedness rules; title: Prolongational regions; title: Prolongational reduction preference rules; title: The interaction principle; title: Normative prolongational structure; title: Binary form and sonata form; title: Reflections on musical cognition and music as an art; title: Part ten : Some analyses.; title: A complex rhythmic example; title: Motivic structure and time-span reduction; title: Some time-span and prolongational reductions; title: Possible refinements in prolongational reduction; title: Part eleven : Musical universals and related issues.; title: What is a musical universal?; title: Musical innateness; title: Summary of rhythmic features; title: Motivic "transformations," "Deep structures," and musical "archetypes"; title: Remarks on the basis of tonal systems; title: Remarks on contemporary music; title: Part twelve : Psychological and linguistic connections.; title: Gestalt theory and visual form perception; title: Preference rules in linguistic theory; title: A deep parallel between music and language; title: A remark on brain localization; title: Music theory as a cognitive science