A Cognitive Approach to Medieval Mode: Evidence for an Historical Antecedent to the Major/Minor System
A random sample of 98 Gregorian chants was used to assemble “mode profiles”—pitch-class distributions for each of eight medieval modes in the manner of Krumhansl’s and Kessler’s (1982) key profiles. These profiles are shown to be useful in predicting the conventional modal designation for individual...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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The Ohio State University Libraries
2006-09-01
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| Series: | Empirical Musicology Review |
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| Online Access: | https://kb.osu.edu/dspace/handle/1811/24072 |