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time-span reduction

time-span reduction noun: a subset of the generative theory of tonal music, based on information gleaned from metrical and grouping structures, in which tree structure-style hierarchical organizations are established, uniting timespans at all temporal levels of a work.

Noun

time-span reduction

  1. (music theory) A subset of the generative theory of tonal music, based on information gleaned from metrical and grouping structures, in which tree structure-style hierarchical organizations are established, uniting timespans at all temporal levels of a work.

Questions about time-span reduction

What does time-span reduction mean?
Time-span reduction means a subset of the generative theory of tonal music, based on information gleaned from metrical and grouping structures, in which tree structure-style hierarchical organizations are established, uniting timespans at all temporal levels of a work.
What part of speech is time-span reduction?
Time-span reduction is a noun.

Words near time-span reduction in the dictionary

  1. time-space complexity
  2. time-space compression
  3. time-space convergence
  4. time-space grid
  5. time-space grids
  6. time-span reduction
  7. time-spirit
  8. time-stamp
  9. time-stamped
  10. time-stamping
  11. time-stamps

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