Forensic Musicology & Cultural Evidence Review
LexAural provides comparative, contextual, and perceptual analysis for litigation and disputes involving musical works, performance practice, and cultural competence.
Analytic Framework & Services
LexAural provides two complementary expert services for music-related disputes. Some matters call for direct musical comparison. Others turn on genre conventions, performance expectations, or professional norms. The approach is tailored to the questions presented and the record available.
When Context Matters
Many disputes can be evaluated through musical comparison alone. In other matters, the meaning of similarity, performance choices, or contested conduct depends on the norms of the relevant musical community. LexAural applies context only when it is necessary to interpret the evidence.
Comparative Musical Analysis & Similarity Evaluation
Systematic comparison of the musical ideas at issue, including melody, harmony, rhythm, structure, and other relevant elements, to assess the nature and significance of any overlap in context.
Learn More →Cultural Evidence Review
Context-sensitive review of performance practice and musical behavior when interpretation depends on genre conventions, listening expectations, or professional norms.
Learn More →The Expert
LexAural is led by Dr. Wan Yeung (PhD, UCLA), an ethnomusicologist providing forensic musicology and cultural evidence review for litigation and music-related disputes.
Credentials
PhD training in ethnomusicology and music analysis, with expertise in performance practice and genre norms.
Litigation Support
Clear, structured analysis suitable for early case assessment, expert reports, and testimony preparation.
Contextual Expertise
Context is applied only when interpretation depends on genre conventions, listening expectations, or professional standards.
Representative Matters
Selected, anonymized examples of prior engagements.
Conducted detailed transcription and comparison of the works at issue to identify shared and divergent musical material, evaluate the distinctiveness of overlapping elements, and assess whether the similarities plausibly support independent creation.
Analyzed performance practice, ensemble roles, and professional expectations to clarify the applicable standard of practice in a dispute involving musical conduct rather than alleged copying.
Who Retains LexAural
- Litigation teams requiring forensic musicology reports.
- Attorneys evaluating independent creation, cultural copying, or genre norms.
- Firms handling disputes involving performance competence or artistic dismissal.
- Cultural institutions navigating questions of authorship, practice, and context.
Discuss Your Matter in Confidence
Contact us for a confidential consultation to clarify scope, timing, and what materials are needed for an initial assessment.