Music Performance and the Perception of Key

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 116-135

  Thompson, William Forde ^a   Cuddy, Lola L ^b  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEARING; HUMAN; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); MUSIC; VISION;

HUMANS; MOTOR SKILLS; MOVEMENT; MUSIC; PITCH DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0031062558     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0096-1523.23.1.116     Document Type: Article

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