Tonal Pitch Space (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780195178296)

Building on the foundation of Lerdahl and Jackendoff's influential A Generative Theory of Tonal Music, this volume presents a multidimensional model of diatonic and chromatic spaces that quantifies listeners' intuitions of the relative distances of pitches, chords, and keys from a given tonic. The model is employed to assign prolongational structure, represent paths through the space, and compute patterns of tension and attraction as musical events unfold, thereby providing a partial basis for understanding musical narration, expectation, and expression. Conceived as both a music-theoretic treatise and a contribution to the cognitive science of music, this book will be of interest to music theorists, musicologists, composers, computer musicians, and cognitive psychologists.

Author: Fred Lerdahl
ISBN-10: 0195178297
ISBN-13: 9780195178296
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Language: English
Published: 12/09/2004
Pages: 432
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.38lbs
Size: 9.25h x 6.20w x 0.95d