Absolute pitch in children prior to the beginning of musical training

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1169, Issue , 2009, Pages 199-204

  Ross, David A ^a   Marks, Lawrence E ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Absolute pitch (AP); Development; Early learning; Tonal memory

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MUSIC; MUSICIAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PITCH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; TRAINING;

EID: 68649086432     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2009.04847.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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