Pitch: a key factor in tonality induction

Autores
Anta, Juan Fernando
Año de publicación
2015
Idioma
inglés
Tipo de recurso
artículo
Estado
versión publicada
Descripción
Two experiments investigated the role of pitch-related information in tonality induction. In both experiments, participants were asked to: 1) identify (sing) the tonic of either an original sequence of tones or a distorted version in which pitch class distribution was preserved but pitch class ordering, pitch contour, and/or pitch proximity were altered; and 2) rate how confident they were in the tonic they identified. In Experiment 2, the sequences were presented with an isochronous rhythm, in order to eliminate the potential confounding effects of time-related information. The results of both experiments showed that participants’ ability to identify the tonic of the sequences, as well as their confidence in the tonic they identified, decreased when pitch class ordering was distorted, and also when pitch proximity was reduced. This suggests that tonality induction not only involves the identification of abstract pitch class structures, but it also acts as a pattern-matching process.
Facultad de Artes
Materia
Música
pitch class distribution
interval class vector
pitch class ordering
pitch contour
pitch proximity
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dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Pitch: a key factor in tonality induction
title Pitch: a key factor in tonality induction
spellingShingle Pitch: a key factor in tonality induction
Anta, Juan Fernando
Música
pitch class distribution
interval class vector
pitch class ordering
pitch contour
pitch proximity
title_short Pitch: a key factor in tonality induction
title_full Pitch: a key factor in tonality induction
title_fullStr Pitch: a key factor in tonality induction
title_full_unstemmed Pitch: a key factor in tonality induction
title_sort Pitch: a key factor in tonality induction
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Anta, Juan Fernando
author Anta, Juan Fernando
author_facet Anta, Juan Fernando
author_role author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Música
pitch class distribution
interval class vector
pitch class ordering
pitch contour
pitch proximity
topic Música
pitch class distribution
interval class vector
pitch class ordering
pitch contour
pitch proximity
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv Two experiments investigated the role of pitch-related information in tonality induction. In both experiments, participants were asked to: 1) identify (sing) the tonic of either an original sequence of tones or a distorted version in which pitch class distribution was preserved but pitch class ordering, pitch contour, and/or pitch proximity were altered; and 2) rate how confident they were in the tonic they identified. In Experiment 2, the sequences were presented with an isochronous rhythm, in order to eliminate the potential confounding effects of time-related information. The results of both experiments showed that participants’ ability to identify the tonic of the sequences, as well as their confidence in the tonic they identified, decreased when pitch class ordering was distorted, and also when pitch proximity was reduced. This suggests that tonality induction not only involves the identification of abstract pitch class structures, but it also acts as a pattern-matching process.
Facultad de Artes
description Two experiments investigated the role of pitch-related information in tonality induction. In both experiments, participants were asked to: 1) identify (sing) the tonic of either an original sequence of tones or a distorted version in which pitch class distribution was preserved but pitch class ordering, pitch contour, and/or pitch proximity were altered; and 2) rate how confident they were in the tonic they identified. In Experiment 2, the sequences were presented with an isochronous rhythm, in order to eliminate the potential confounding effects of time-related information. The results of both experiments showed that participants’ ability to identify the tonic of the sequences, as well as their confidence in the tonic they identified, decreased when pitch class ordering was distorted, and also when pitch proximity was reduced. This suggests that tonality induction not only involves the identification of abstract pitch class structures, but it also acts as a pattern-matching process.
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