The seminar considers definitions of metre, relationships between rhythm and metre, and rhythmic-metric processes proposed by recent music theorists. Readings include Cohn, Epstein, Hasty, Kramer, Krebs, Lehrdahl and Jackendoff, London, Roeder, Rothstein, Schachter, Temperley, and van den Toorn. After surveying theoretical models, the seminar shifts to analytical applications. The final paper may present a rhythmic-metric analysis of a tonal or post-tonal composition, it may probe a theoretical problem in the study of rhythm and metre, or it may pursue connections to areas such as performance and music cognition.