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Publication Date: 1989
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Variations in Musical Syntax: Patterns of Usage and Methods of Measurement.
Cerulo, Karen A.
Communication Research, v16 n2 p204-35 Apr 1989
Presents new measures of musical syntax which allow systematic comparison of normative and distorted syntactic structure and thus investigation of the notion that distortion, both semantic and syntactic, enhance audience attention. Applies the measures in an examination of the social forces that influence the use of normative versus distorted syntax. (SR)
Descriptors: Audience Response, Communication Research, Higher Education, Measurement Techniques, Music, Syntax
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Language: English
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