Music Cognition

Authors

  • W Dowling
  • D. Harwood,

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7203/LEEME.30.9837

Keywords:

Musical Cognition, Melodic Contour, Tonal Scale.

Abstract

Though even novel, atonal melodies are easily recognized when repeated at the same pitch level (the A-B comparison in Figure 5.4), memory for single pitches is affected markedly by putting them into musical context. Krumhansl (1979, Experiment 3) found that pitches from a tonal scale were remembered well when followed by a context of pitches drawn from the same key, while a context of atonal pitches led to poorer memory for the target pitch. On each trial of the experiment, Krumhansl presented the listeners with a standard tone (for example, a G) lasting 0.5 sec.

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Published

2017-02-20

Issue

No. 30 (2012): Electronic Journal of Music in Education

Section

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