Tonal Pitch Space (Paperback)

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.

General

Imprint:	Oxford UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	2005
First published:	December 2004
Authors:	Fred Lerdahl (Fritz Reiner Professor of Music)
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 24mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	411
ISBN-13:	978-0-19-517829-6
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > Music > Theory of music & musicology > General Books > Music > Theory of music & musicology > General Promotions
LSN:	0-19-517829-7
Barcode:	9780195178296

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