A microcosm of musical expression: II. Quantitative analysis of pianists' dynamics in the initial measures of Chopin's Etude in E major

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 105, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 1972-1988

  Repp, Bruno H ^a  

^a HASKINS LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CORRELATION FUNCTION; HUMAN; MEASUREMENT; MUSIC; PHONETICS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL CLASS;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSIC; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SEX FACTORS; SPEECH ACOUSTICS; TIME FACTORS; VOICE; VOICE QUALITY;

EID: 0032969766     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.426743     Document Type: Article

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