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What does formal analysis in music mean?

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Musical analysis is the study of musical structure in either compositions or performances (DeVoto 2003). ... According to music theorist Ian Bent, music analysis "is the means of answering directly the question 'How does it work?'
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Musical analysis is the study of musical structure in either compositions or performances.

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