prolongational reduction

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.

Related terms

• stability conditions

References

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