Fred Lerdahl

7.5k citations
42 papers · 4.1k indexed · 1 hit paper · h-index 19

Impact in

  • Music top 0.05%
    • Diverse Music Education Insights
    • Musicology and Musical Analysis
    • Music and Audio Processing

Papers in

    • Musicology and Musical Analysis 13
    • Diverse Musicological Studies 8
    • Diverse Music Education Insights 1
    • Music and Audio Processing 16

Fred Lerdahl

38 papers receiving 3.2k citations

Hit Papers

A Generative Theory of Tonal Music 1984 · 2.2k citations
2.2k198420261998201250010001.5k2.0k

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Fred Lerdahl
Comparison fields: 5 of 108
  • Music 959
  • Signal Processing 1.9k
  • Cognitive Neuroscience 2.9k
  • Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 1.0k
  • Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 1.5k
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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
#Work
1 20193
2 20192
3 20158
4 20121
5 20106
6 200911
7 2007125
8 2005220
9
La teoría de la tensión tonal y sus consecuencias para la investigación musical
20042
10 200153
11
Tonal Pitch Space
2001303
12 19982
13 19961
14 1996119
15
A Theory of Poetry as Music and Its Exploration through a Computer Aid to Composition
19912
16 198517
17
A Generative Theory of Tonal Music
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19842201
18 198115
19
A deep parallel between music and language
19807
20 19791

About Fred Lerdahl

Fred Lerdahl is a scholar working on Music, Signal Processing, Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, Cognitive Neuroscience and General Arts and Humanities, having authored 42 papers that have together received 4.1k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Music Technology and Sound Studies (25 papers), Neuroscience and Music Perception (18 papers), Music and Audio Processing (16 papers), Musicology and Musical Analysis (13 papers), Diverse Musicological Studies (8 papers), Multisensory perception and integration (3 papers), Visual and Cognitive Learning Processes (1 paper) and Diverse Music Education Insights (1 paper). The work is most often cited by research in Music (959 citations), Signal Processing (1.9k citations), Cognitive Neuroscience (2.9k citations), Experimental and Cognitive Psychology (1.0k citations) and Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (1.5k citations). Fred Lerdahl has collaborated with scholars based in United States, France and Canada. Frequent co-authors include Ray Jackendoff, Peter Child, Carol L. Krumhansl, Emmanuel Bigand, Richard Parncutt, Wayne Slawson, J. D. Y. Peel, David J. Harvey, David Birchfield and Philippe Lalitte. Their work appears in journals such as Music Perception An Interdisciplinary Journal, Journal of Music Theory, Contemporary Music Review, Musicae Scientiae and Music Theory Spectrum.

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