prolongational reduction

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English

Noun

prolongational reduction (countable and uncountable, plural prolongational reductions)

  1. (music) The pattern, as perceived, of tension and relaxation among events in various levels of structure, projected from time-span reduction.

References

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