natural grammar

English

Noun

natural grammar (plural natural grammars)

1. (music) A musical grammar which arises spontaneously in a musical culture (as opposed to an artificial grammar).

Related terms

• grammar
• musical grammar
• compositional grammar
• artificial grammar

References

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