Review of Eugene Narmour, The Analysis and Cognition of Basic Melodic Structures (University of Chicago Press, 1990) and The Analysis and Cognition of Melodic Complexity (University of Chicago Press, 1992).

This article summarizes and offers appraisal of Narmour’s Implication-Realization model as presented in the following volumes: Eugene Narmour, The Analysis and Cognition of Basic Melodic Structures: The Implication-Realization Model, and Eugene Narmour, The Analysis and Cognition of Melodic Complexity: The Implication-Realization Model, both published by the University of Chicago Press.