Includes bibliographical references (p. 227-243) and index.
Contents:
Cognitive preliminaries: the nature of musical knowledge and the processes of creative thinking -- A brief introduction to karawitan -- Karawitan as a multipart music: the relations between the melodic parts -- The balungan as melodic guide -- Theorizing melodic guidance: the social and historical context of Javanese music theory -- Three concepts of unplayed melody -- Implicit-melody concepts in perspective -- Patterns of conceptual innovation in music theory: a comparative approach.
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