Perception of musical tension in short chord sequences: The influence of harmonic function, sensory dissonance, horizontal motion, and musical training

Perception and Psychophysics

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 125-141

  Bigand, Emmanuel ^a   Parncutt, Richard ^b   Lerdahl, Fred ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^d Faculty of Music at McGill ^*  (United States)

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EID: 0029705805     PISSN: 00315117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03205482     Document Type: Article

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