Silences in music are musical not silent: An exploratory study of context effects on the experience of musical pauses

Music Perception

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 485-506

  Margulis, Elizabeth Hellmuth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

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EID: 34250790212     PISSN: 07307829     EISSN: 15338312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/mp.2007.24.5.485     Document Type: Article

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