English

Noun
musical grammar

1. A limited set of rules that can generate indefinitely large sets of musical events and/or their structural descriptions. rfc|music definition needs rewritten because the current one is copyrighted

Related terms
grammar
compositional grammar
natural grammar
artificial grammar

References
Lerdahl, Fred (1992). Cognitive Constraints on Compositional Systems, Contemporary Music Review 6 (2), pp. 97-121.

• 2007-08-06 05:15 - Rodasmith - {{rfc|music definition needs rewritten because the current one is copyrighted}}

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