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  2. Musical analysis - Wikipedia

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    Musical analysis is the study of musical structure in either compositions or performances. [1] ... Example musical analyses", from Syntactic Structures in Music, ...

  3. Essays in Musical Analysis - Wikipedia

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    Each volume focused on a certain genre of orchestral or choral music (for example, Volumes I and II were devoted to Symphonies; Volume III to Concertos), with many of the works discussed with the help of music examples. In 1944, a posthumous seventh volume appeared on chamber music. In 1989, a new version was published with some essays omitted ...

  4. Music theory - Wikipedia

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    Schenkerian analysis is a method of musical analysis of tonal music based on the theories of Heinrich Schenker (1868–1935). The goal of a Schenkerian analysis is to interpret the underlying structure of a tonal work and to help reading the score according to that structure.

  5. Schenkerian analysis - Wikipedia

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    Schenkerian analysis is a method of analyzing tonal music based on the theories of Heinrich Schenker (1868–1935). The goal is to demonstrate the organic coherence of the work by showing how the "foreground" (all notes in the score) relates to an abstracted deep structure, the Ursatz.

  6. Fundamental structure - Wikipedia

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    In Schenkerian analysis, the fundamental structure (German: Ursatz) describes the structure of a tonal work as it occurs at the most remote (or "background") level and in the most abstract form. A basic elaboration of the tonic triad , it consists of the fundamental line accompanied by the bass arpeggiation .

  7. Axis system - Wikipedia

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    In music, the axis system is a system of analysis originating in the work of ErnÅ‘ Lendvai, which he developed in his analysis of the music of Béla Bartók.. The axis system is "concerned with harmonic and tonal substitution", [1] and posits a novel type of functional relationship between tones and chords.

  8. Set theory (music) - Wikipedia

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    Example of Z-relation on two pitch sets analyzable as or derivable from Z17, [1] with intervals between pitch classes labeled for ease of comparison between the two sets and their common interval vector, 212320. Musical set theory provides concepts for categorizing musical objects and describing their relationships.

  9. Musical form - Wikipedia

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    The first statement of a musical idea is designated A. Subsequent contrasting sections are labeled B, C, D, and so on. If the first or any other musical unit returns in varied form, then that variation is indicated by a superscript number—A 1 and B 2, for example. Subdivisions of each large musical unit are shown by lowercase letters (a, b ...