The domain of pitch in music

Archives of Acoustics

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 429-443

  Rakowski, Andrzej ^a  

^a Fryderyk Chopin University of Music   (Poland)

Author keywords

Natural and categorized pitch; Pitch distance; Pitch domain; Pitch value; Short term and long term memory for pitch

Indexed keywords

AUDITORY MEMORY; AUDITORY SYSTEMS; COMMUNICATION CODES; LONG TERM MEMORY; MULTI-DIMENSIONAL STRUCTURE; MUSICAL PERFORMANCE; PHYSIOLOGICAL MECHANISMS; PITCH VALUES; SENSATION OF PITCH; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SUBDOMAIN;

AUDITION;

EID: 76349097152     PISSN: 01375075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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