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metrical hierarchy: a standalone construct

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Music theory

the nested levels of strong and weak beats that listeners infer from music, from fast subdivisions up to measures and beyond.

In music theory, metrical hierarchy refers to the nested levels of strong and weak beats that listeners infer from music, from fast subdivisions up to measures and beyond. This meaning comes from Lerdahl and Jackendoff (1983) in A generative theory of tonal music.[1]

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autosegmental-metrical theory1 fields · 1 citationsanchor · a standalone constructgenerative theory of tonal music1 fields · 1 citationsanchor · a standalone constructhierarchy4 fields · 4 citationsjingle · one word, four constructs

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  1. Lerdahl, F., & Jackendoff, R. (1983). A generative theory of tonal music. MIT Press. ISBN 9780262620499

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