Harmony perception: Harmoniousness is more than the sum of interval consonance

Music Perception

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 25-42

  Cook, Norman D ^a  

^a KANSAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dissonance; Harmony perception; Major; Minor; Tension

Indexed keywords

EID: 69849107169     PISSN: 07307829     EISSN: 15338312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/mp.2009.27.1.25     Document Type: Article

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