The Cognition of Basic Musical Structures - Table of Contents

November 2001
7 x 9, 422 pp., 211 illus.
$50.00/£37.95 (CLOTH)
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ISBN-10:
0-262-20134-8
ISBN-13:
978-0-262-20134-6

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The Cognition of Basic Musical Structures
David Temperley

	Preface Sample Chapter - Download PDF (32 KB)	ix

	Acknowledgments	xiii

1	Introduction Sample Chapter - Download PDF (125 KB)	1

I	Six Preference Rule Systems	21

2	Metrical Structure	23

3	Melodic Phrase Structure	55

4	Contrapuntal Structure	85

5	Pitch Spelling and the Tonal-Pitch-Class Representation	115

6	Harmonic Structure	137

7	Key Structure	167

II	Extensions and Implications	203

8	Revision, Ambiguity, and Expectation	205

9	Meter, Harmony, and Tonality in Rock	237

10	Meter and Grouping in African Music	265

11	Style, Composition, and Performance	291

12	Functions of the Infrastructure	325

	Appendix: List of Rules	357

	Notes	361

	References	381

	Author Index Sample Chapter - Download PDF (17 KB)	393

	Subject Index Sample Chapter - Download PDF (39 KB)	397

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