Editing Musical analysis (section)

===Formalized analyses===
Formalized analyses propose models for melodic functions or simulate music. Meyer distinguishes between global models, which "provide an image of the whole corpus being studied, by listing characteristics, classifying phenomena, or both; they furnish statistical evaluation," and linear models which "do not try to reconstitute the whole melody ''in order of'' real time succession of melodic events. Linear models ... describe a corpus by means of a system of rules encompassing not only the hierarchical organization of the melody, but also the ''distribution'', environment, and context of events, examples including the explanation of 'succession of pitches in New Guinean chants in terms of distributional constraints governing each melodic interval' by Chenoweth{{sfn|Chenoweth|1972|loc=1979}} the transformational analysis by Herndon,{{sfn|Herndon|1974|loc=1975}} and the 'grammar for the [[soprano]] part in Bach's [[chorale]]s [which,] when tested by computer ... allows us to generate melodies in Bach's style' by Baroni and Jacoboni.{{sfn|Baroni and Jacoboni|1976|loc={{Page needed|date=September 2015}}}}{{cite quote|date=October 2021|reason=Where does Meyer write this?}}

Global models are further distinguished as analysis by traits, which "identify the presence or absence of a particular variable, and makes a collective image of the song, genre, or style being considered by means of a table, or classificatory analysis, which sorts phenomena into classes," one example being "trait listing" by Helen Roberts,{{sfn|Roberts|1955|loc=222}} and classificatory analysis, which "sorts phenomena into classes," examples being the universal system for classifying melodic contours by Kolinski.{{sfn|Kolinski|1956}} Classificatory analyses often call themselves taxonomical. "Making the basis for the analysis explicit is a fundamental criterion in this approach, so ''delimiting'' units is always accompanied by carefully ''defining'' units in terms of their constituent variables."{{sfn|Nattiez|1990|loc=164}}