文档介绍：The Cognition of Basic Musical Structures
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The Cognition of Basic Musical Structures
David Temperley
The MIT Press
Cambridge, Massachusetts
London, England
( 2001 Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Temperley, David.
The cognition of basic musical structures / David Temperley.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-262-20134-8 (hard : alk. paper)
1. Music theoryÐData processing. 2. Musical puter
simulation. I. Title.
C6 2001
781Ðdc21 00-054801
Contents
Preface ix
Acknowledgments xiii
Introduction 1
An Unanswered Question 1
Goals and Methodology 4
Music Cognition and Music Theory 8
The Input Representation 9
The Preference Rule Approach 13
The Implementation Strategy 14
I 2 Metrical Structure 23
Six Preference Rule Meter 23
Systems 21 Previous Research on Metrical Analysis 27
A Preference Rule System for Meter 30
Implementation 39
Tests 42
Problems and Possible Improvements 44
Other Factors in Metrical Structure 48
Choosing the Right Tactus 52
3 Melodic Phrase Structure 55
Musical Grouping and Phrase Structure 55
Studies of Musical Grouping in Psychology 56
Models of Grouping Structure 60
A Preference Rule System for Melodic Phrase Structure 65
Implementation and Tests 71
Grouping in Polyphonic Music 76
4 Contrapuntal Structure 85
Counterpoint 85
Sequential Integration in Auditory Psychology 87
Models of Contrapuntal