Psychological connotations of harmonic musical intervals

Psychology of Music

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 4-22

  Costa, Marco ^a   Ricci Bitti, Pio Enrico ^a   Bonfiglioli, Luisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

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EID: 33745249958     PISSN: 03057356     EISSN: 17413087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0305735600281002     Document Type: Article

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