Commentary on David Temperley's "Melodic Pattern Repetition and Efficient Encoding: A Corpus Study"

Abstract

The following is a commentary of David Temperley's article on melodic pattern repetition and encoding. The article advances our understanding of patterns that could foster efficient encoding of melodies in Western tonal music. The research has room to grow in the theoretical context and provides opportunities for experimental work to test its predictions.

Keywords

• melodic repetition
• corpus analysis
• encoding
• commentary