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Melodic Motives

Melodic Motives is a musical motif consisting of a short, identifiable sequence of pitches and rhythms that serves as a foundational thematic unit in motivic analysis, distinguished by its capacity to generate and unify melodic development within a composition.

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2017–2026

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Melodic Motifs

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Publications

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The Autonomy of Motives in Schenkerian Accounts of Tonal Music

Richard Cohn · Music Theory Spectrum · 1992 · 69 citations

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A System of Modes Used in the Urban Music of Afghanistan

John Baily · Ethnomusicology · 1981 · 41 citations

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Melodic Universals Emerge or Are Sustained Through Cultural Evolution

Tessa Verhoef, Andrea Ravignani · Frontiers in Psychology · 2021 · 40 citations · Full text

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A Longitudinal Study of Selected Characteristics of Children's Melodic Improvisations

Timothy S. Brophy · Journal of Research in Music Education · 2005 · 34 citations

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Automated Motivic Analysis via Melodic Clustering

Emilios Cambouropoulos, Gerhard Widmer · Journal of New Music Research · 2000 · 31 citations

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Authors

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  1. RG
    Roni Granot

    Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel

    1 publications · 12 citations

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  2. SL
    Steven Laitz

    1 publications · 31 citations

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  3. ON
    Oriol Nieto

    New York University, United States

    1 publications · 11 citations

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  4. CB
    Chantal Buteau

    Brock University, Canada

    1 publications · 16 citations

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  5. MF
    Morwaread Farbood

    New York University, United States

    1 publications · 11 citations

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Institutions

14

  1. Institut de Recherche et Coordination Acoustique Musique

    Paris, France

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    25 citations

  2. Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics

    Nijmegen, The Netherlands

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    40 citations

  3. University of Minnesota

    Minneapolis, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    16 citations

  4. Leiden University

    Leiden, The Netherlands

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    40 citations

  5. University of York

    York, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    32 citations

  6. Hebrew University of Jerusalem

    Jerusalem, Israel

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    12 citations

  7. Austrian Research Institute for Artificial Intelligence

    Vienna, Austria

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    62 citations

  8. University of Florida

    Gainesville, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    34 citations

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Venues

  1. Musicae Scientiae

    2 publications · 41 citations

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  2. Music Theory Spectrum

    2 publications · 86 citations

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  4. Journal of Music Theory

    1 publications · 12 citations

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  5. Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

    Repository · 1 publications · 25 citations

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