zygonic

Introduced by Adam Ockelford, from Ancient Greek ζυγός (zugós, “yoke”) +‎ -ic.

zygonic (not comparable)

1. (music) Of or relating to the theory that imitation is the ultimate organising force in music.
   • 2005, Adam Ockelford, Repetition in music: theoretical and metatheoretical perspectives, page 35:

     The following account of the first movement of Mozart's Piano Sonata K.333, which focuses largely on the opening bars, is intended to demonstrate zygonic theory in action in a music-analytical context.

   • 2006, Neil Lerner, Joseph Straus, Sounding Off: Theorizing Disability in Music, page 143:

     Half arrowheads are indicative of difference and are used in a zygonic context to show approximate imitation.

   • 2012, Raymond MacDonald, Gunter Kreutz, Laura Mitchell, Music, Health, and Wellbeing, page 290:

     This research showed that a zygonic approach could provide an intuitively persuasive metric for the fluctuating patterns of musical influence as they unfolded, event by event.

• zygon

• cozying