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Music Syntax

Music Syntax is a theoretical construct in music cognition and formal music theory that specifies the structural rules and hierarchical organization governing the combination of musical elements such as pitch, rhythm, and harmony into coherent sequences, analogous to syntactic structures in language.

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141

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2017–2026

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Musical Syntax

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Publications

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Musical syntax is processed in Broca's area: an MEG study

Stefan Koelsch, Thomas C. Gunter, Angela D. Friederici · Nature Neuroscience · 2001 · 981 citations · Full text

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Interaction between Syntax Processing in Language and in Music: An ERP Study

Stefan Koelsch, Thomas C. Gunter, Matthias Wittfoth et al. · Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience · 2005 · 324 citations · Full text

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The Unanswered Question: Six Talks at Harvard

Music Educators Journal · 1977 · 288 citations

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Processing of hierarchical syntactic structure in music

Stefan Koelsch, Martin Rohrmeier, Renzo Alves Dantas Torrecuso et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2013 · 236 citations · Full text

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Neural substrates of processing syntax and semantics in music

Stefan Koelsch · Current Opinion in Neurobiology · 2005 · 233 citations · Full text

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Authors

141

  1. SK
    Stefan Koelsch

    Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Germany

    10 publications · 2.4K citations

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  2. AD
    Angela D. Friederici

    Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Germany

    4 publications · 1.2K citations

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  3. DS
    Daniela Sammler

    Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Germany

    4 publications · 546 citations

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  4. PP
    Pierre Perruchet

    Université de Bourgogne, France

    3 publications · 126 citations

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  5. EB
    Emmanuel Bigand

    Université de Bourgogne, France

    3 publications · 158 citations

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Institutions

77

  1. Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences

    Leipzig, Germany

    9 h-index

    24 publications

    5.6K citations

  2. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    6 h-index

    17 publications

    770 citations

  3. Université de Bourgogne

    Dijon, France

    4 h-index

    10 publications

    570 citations

  4. Centre de Recherche en Neurosciences de Lyon

    Bron, France

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    180 citations

  5. Inserm

    Paris, France

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    180 citations

  6. Freie Universität Berlin

    Berlin, Germany

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    222 citations

  7. Wesleyan University

    Middletown, United States

    3 h-index

    8 publications

    272 citations

  8. Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1

    Villeurbanne, France

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    180 citations

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Venues

  1. Frontiers in Psychology

    5 publications · 183 citations

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  2. Journal of Music Theory

    4 publications · 84 citations

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  3. Contemporary Music Review

    4 publications · 108 citations

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  4. NeuroImage

    4 publications · 459 citations

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  5. Perspectives of New Music

    3 publications · 42 citations

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