A Computer Aid for Schenkerian Analysis
Stephen W. Smoliar · Computer Music Journal · 1980
This is an account of an attempt to incorporate the computer into research in music theory. The approach to music theory has been heavily influenced by the writings of Heinrich Schenker. However, Schenker's theories have not been followed strictly. Rather, they have served as a launching pad for a theoretical approach to music which is highly compatible with computer programming. This application of the computer differs considerably from past computer-oriented music-theoretic research. In particular, all computations involve symbolic list processing and are therefore quite removed from both those programs which compile reams of statistics or those which scan long strings of characters meant to encode a musical score [4].