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metrical projection: a standalone construct

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Music theory

the process by which a completed duration sets up the expectation that a following duration will match it, making meter an ongoing act of rhythm rather than a fixed grid.

In music theory, metrical projection refers to the process by which a completed duration sets up the expectation that a following duration will match it, making meter an ongoing act of rhythm rather than a fixed grid. This meaning comes from Hasty (1997) in Meter as rhythm.[1]

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duration4 fields · 4 citationsjingle · one word, four constructs expectation4 fields · 4 citationsjingle · one word, four constructs grid4 fields · 4 citationsjingle · one word, four constructs

References

Hasty, C. F. (1997). Meter as rhythm. Oxford University Press, USA. ISBN 9780195100662

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