Steedman, Mark2023-05-222023-05-221994-11-012006-09-11https://repository.upenn.edu/handle/20.500.14332/37581The psychological mechanism by which even musically untutored people can comprehend novel melodies resembles that by which they comprehend sentences of their native language. The paper identifies a syntax, a semantics, and a domain or "model". These elements are examined in application to the task of harmonic comprehension and analysis of unaccompanied melody, and a computational theory is argued for.music; computational analysis; key-analysis; harmony; consonance; grammar of musicReport