This 术语 is used in 关系 to 音乐 作曲 and 分析 as an 比喻 to grammatical 功能（函数） and rules in 语言 and operational rules in the 运算 感觉 of the 术语 The 术语 is invariably allied with 试图 to formalise 音乐 知识 and perceptual 响应/反应 In 作曲 语法 may be 广泛 联合 with procedures that make 定义 of micro-structural 'units' and proceed to establish operational procedures for their 组织 into macro-structures It is therefore 联合 with e g 随机 分形 and 生成 approaches to 作曲

Formalist approaches to 音乐 分析 may 试图 through 定义 grammar-based rules to 模型 perceptual 响应/反应 to 音乐

Many concerned with formalist grammars are interested in approaches 通常 through 运算 to 模型 the 过程 of 作曲 itself