BCS 260 Midterm: Tonality review

• School: University of Rochester
• Department: Brain and Cognitive Sciences
• Course: BCS 260
• Professor: Temperley

Document Summary

Play an interval between 2 pitches in a middle register. Listeners tune 2 pitches to produce the same size interval in higher or lower register (the mel scale) Tones did not present musical & tonal context ( Detailed quantitative information was not obtained for each tone. Data was not analyzed separately for individuals who differ i musical experience each ffer in. Play ascending or descending 7 notes & then played probe-tone & If pitch height is an important dimension, probe-tones close in frequenc to the context tones = higher rating than the farther ones. If octave-related pitches are equivalent, equal ratings for ascending/descending scale contexts & for low & high c. If diatonic tones are more closely related to tonal center, they should ge higher ratings. Tonic triads should get higher ratings than others ency ld get. Divided into 3 groups (played instrument ~7 years, played an instrument for less ~5. 5 years, little-no instrument experience)