Ambiguity in tempo perception: What draws listeners to different metrical levels?

Music Perception

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 155-166

  Mckinney, Martin F ^a   Moelants, Dirk ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Beat induction; Dynamic accents; Metric ambiguity; Perceptual tempo

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845903043     PISSN: 07307829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/mp.2006.24.2.155     Document Type: Conference Paper

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