English
Noun
en-noun|sg=natural grammar
- music A natural grammar is a musical grammar that "arisies spontaneously in a musical culture...will dominate in a culture emphasizing improvisation and encouraging active participation of the community in all the varieties of musical behaviour...depends on the listening grammar as a source" rfc|music definition needs rewritten because the current one is copyrighted
Related terms
grammar
musical grammar
compositional grammar
artificial grammar
References
Lerdahl, Fred (1992). Cognitive Constraints on Compositional Systems, Contemporary Music Review 6 (2), pp. 97-121.
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