Review of Zohar Eitan. Highpoints: A Study of Melodic Peaks
Yayoi Uno Everett · IUScholarWorks (Indiana University) · 1997
OverviewIn recent years, theorists and cognition specialists have made significant contributions to the study of melodic contour.Specific topics pertaining to contour research include, but are not limited to: 1) psychological studies and perception of contour; 1 2) structural representations of melody based on psychological and linguistic models;2 and 3) formalization and classification of contour and contour relationships. 3 Emerging from the fertile soil of contour research, the study of melodic peaks presents an intriguing topic for a book.In Highpoints: A Study of Melodic Peaks, Eitan isolates and focuses on this important aspect of 1 See Jay W.