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Tonal pitch space / Fred Lerdahl.
LIBRA MT6.L36 T66 2001
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lerdahl, Fred, 1943-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Music theory.
- Tonality.
- Musical pitch.
- Musical analysis.
- Physical Description:
- xvii, 411 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2001.
- Summary:
- Building on the foundation of Lerdahl and Jackendoff's influential A Generative Theory of Tonal Music, this volume presents a multidimensional model of diatonic and chromatic spaces that quantifies listeners' intuitions of the relative distances of pitches, chords, and keys from a given tonic. The model is employed to assign prolongational structure, represent paths through the space, and compute patterns of tension and attraction as musical events unfold, thereby providing a partial basis for understanding musical narration, expectation, and expression. Conceived as both a music-theoretic treatise and a contribution to the cognitive science of music, this book will be of interest to music theorists, musicologists, composers, computer musicians, and cognitive psychologists.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 393-404) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0195058348
- 0195142292
- OCLC:
- 43903608
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