Music Theory in Post Modem : The Developmental Process of Cognitive Music Theory by E. Narmour

MURAO Tadahiro

Among many music theories, two by Jackendoff & Lerdahl and E. Narmour have occupied the attention or computer scientists and psychologists in music. Narmour`s theory, however, has not been applied to in scientific studies like Jackendoff & Lerdahl's theory. This is probably due to the difficulty of understanding many new terms invented by Narmour himself. As a result his theory is seen as a curiosity or something new or unique. The worst or it is that the philosophical standing point is missed or sometimes understood in the opposite. In order to understand his latest theory correctly and make it applicable to computer science, the process of how Narmour has developed Meyer's theory must be clarified. In this paper, we point out three different concepts of run fundamental structure which are named "Ursaze" by H. Schenker, "Archetype" by L. B. Meyer and "Melodic Archetype" by E. Narmour. Despite the fact that Narmour was one or Meyer's students, his concept "Melodic Archetype" is far from the other two concepts. While both Schenker and Meyer pointed out their concepts or fundamental structure in terms or top-down style schema, Narmour round his archetype structure as a bottom-up pan-style structure. This difference makes Narmour's theory so unique and difficult to understand Put another way, the difference between Meyer and Narmour is the key for understanding the latest Narmourian theory.

Music Theory in Post Modem : The Developmental Process of Cognitive Music Theory by E. Narmour

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