zygonic

adj

1. (not-comparable)Of or relating to the theory that imitation is the ultimate organising force in music.

   “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.”

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

   “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.”