Range of tuning for tones with and without vibrato

Music Perception

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 145-155

  van Besouw, Rachel M ^a   Brereton, Jude S ^b   Howard, David M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Perception; Pitch; Range; Tuning; Vibrato

Indexed keywords

EID: 57049182352     PISSN: 07307829     EISSN: 15338312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/mp.2008.26.2.145     Document Type: Article

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