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Tonal Function

Tonal Function is a theoretical construct in music theory that designates the specific role of a chord or pitch within a tonal system, differentiated by its hierarchical relationship to the tonic and its functional tendency toward stability or resolution.

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Pitch, consonance, and harmony

Ernst Terhardt · The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America · 1974 · 714 citations

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Quantification of the hierarchy of tonal functions within a diatonic context.

Carol L. Krumhansl, Roger N. Shepard · Journal of Experimental Psychology Human Perception & Performance · 1979 · 420 citations

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Acquisition of the hierarchy of tonal functions in music

Carol L. Krumhansl, Frank C. Keil · Memory & Cognition · 1982 · 269 citations · Full text

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Quantification of the hierarchy of tonal functions within a diatonic context.

Carol L. Krumhansl, Roger N. Shepard · Journal of Experimental Psychology Human Perception & Performance · 1979 · 247 citations

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The Perception of Large-Scale Tonal Closure

Nicholas Cook · Music Perception An Interdisciplinary Journal · 1987 · 196 citations

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Authors

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  1. BT
    Barbara Tillmann

    Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, France

    5 publications · 149 citations

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  2. CL
    Carol L. Krumhansl

    Cornell University, United States

    3 publications · 936 citations

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  3. WE
    William E. Caplin

    McGill University, Canada

    2 publications · 52 citations

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  4. LA
    Lloyd A. Jeffress

    The University of Texas at Austin, United States

    2 publications · 77 citations

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  5. KP
    Karl Pajusalu

    University of Tartu, Estonia

    2 publications · 50 citations

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Institutions

78

  1. Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1

    Villeurbanne, France

    4 h-index

    9 publications

    317 citations

  2. The University of Texas at Austin

    Austin, United States

    4 h-index

    7 publications

    243 citations

  3. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    4 h-index

    8 publications

    299 citations

  4. University of Maryland, College Park

    College Park, United States

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    46 citations

  5. Centre de Recherche en Neurosciences de Lyon

    Bron, France

    2 h-index

    5 publications

    195 citations

  6. University of California, Los Angeles

    Los Angeles, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    52 citations

  7. Princeton University

    Princeton, United States

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    242 citations

  8. University of Pittsburgh

    Pittsburgh, United States

    2 h-index

    8 publications

    96 citations

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  1. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

    JASA · 14 publications · 1K citations

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  2. Journal of Music Theory

    11 publications · 459 citations

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  3. Music Theory Spectrum

    10 publications · 331 citations

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  4. Music Perception An Interdisciplinary Journal

    8 publications · 631 citations

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  5. Music Theory Online

    MTO · 3 publications · 72 citations

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