Effects of Increasing Time Delays on Pitch-Matching Accuracy in Trained Singers and Untrained Individuals

Journal of Voice

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 439-445

  Estis, Julie M ^a   Coblentz, Joana K ^a   Moore, Robert E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Pitch discrimination; Pitch matching; Pitch memory; Time delay

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMAN; PITCH; PITCH MATCHING; SINGING; VOICE ONSET TIME;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MUSIC; PITCH DISCRIMINATION; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; VOICE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67649388652     PISSN: 08921997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvoice.2007.10.001     Document Type: Article

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