Musical predispositions in infancy

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 930, Issue , 2001, Pages 1-16

  Trehub, Sandra E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Intervals; Maternal music; Melodic contour; Musical predispositions; Rhythm; Scale structure

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; AROUSAL; AUDITORY DISCRIMINATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; HUMAN; INFANT; MUSIC; RHYTHM; SINGING;

EID: 0034953290     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2001.tb05721.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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