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Tonal Syntax

Tonal Syntax is a theoretical framework within music theory that systematizes the hierarchical organization of harmonic functions and voice-leading progressions in tonal music to account for structural coherence and normative syntactic relationships among chords.

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2017–2026

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80

A Generative Theory of Tonal Music

Peter Child, Fred Lerdahl, Ray Jackendoff · Computer Music Journal · 1984 · 3.8K citations

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Contextual tonal variations in Mandarin

Yi Xu · Journal of Phonetics · 1997 · 725 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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Universality and specificity in infant-directed speech: Pitch modifications as a function of infant age and sex in a tonal and non-tonal language

Christine Kitamura, C. Thanavishuth, Denis Burnham et al. · Infant Behavior and Development · 2001 · 333 citations

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The internal representation of pitch sequences in tonal music.

Diana Deutsch, John A. Feroe · Psychological Review · 1981 · 329 citations

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Authors

118

  1. FL
    Fred Lerdahl

    Columbia University, United States

    7 publications · 4.2K citations

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  2. RJ
    Ray Jackendoff

    Brandeis University, United States

    6 publications · 4.2K citations

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  3. MR
    Martin Rohrmeier

    École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland

    4 publications · 645 citations

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  4. PM
    Patrick McCreless

    Yale University, United States

    2 publications · 41 citations

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  5. YX
    Yi Xu

    University College London, United Kingdom

    2 publications · 792 citations

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Institutions

45

  1. University of British Columbia

    Vancouver, Canada

    3 h-index

    8 publications

    317 citations

  2. University of Cambridge

    Cambridge, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    339 citations

  3. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    140 citations

  4. Johannes Kepler University of Linz

    Linz, Austria

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    54 citations

  5. University of California, Berkeley

    Berkeley, United States

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    207 citations

  6. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

    Cambridge, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    367 citations

  7. University of California San Diego

    San Diego, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    329 citations

  8. University of Bristol

    Bristol, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    12 citations

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Venues

  1. Music Theory Spectrum

    8 publications · 169 citations

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  2. Journal of Music Theory

    5 publications · 384 citations

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  3. Music Analysis

    3 publications · 50 citations

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  4. Music Perception An Interdisciplinary Journal

    3 publications · 106 citations

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  5. Language

    3 publications · 104 citations

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