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prolongational reduction: a standalone construct

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Music theory

a GTTM hierarchy that describes the pattern of tension and relaxation created as events prolong or depart from more stable events.

In music theory, prolongational reduction refers to a GTTM hierarchy that describes the pattern of tension and relaxation created as events prolong or depart from more stable events. This meaning comes from Lerdahl (1983) in A generative theory of tonal music.[1]

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tension7 fields · 14 citationsjingle · one name, six constructs generative theory of tonal music1 fields · 1 citationsanchor · a standalone construct hierarchy4 fields · 4 citationsjingle · one word, four constructs

References

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

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