American music theorist who developed the implication-realization model of melodic expectation — a formal account of how melodic intervals create implications for continuation.
Implication-realization model: specific interval sizes and directions imply specific continuations; the satisfaction or violation of these implications determines melodic tension and resolution. Provided a formal framework extending Meyer's expectation theory.
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