On the prevalence of congenital amusia

Music Perception

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 413-417

  Henry, Molly J ^a   Mcauley, J Devin ^b  

^a BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amusia; Distorted Tunes Test; MBEA; Musical ability; Tone deafness

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952942741     PISSN: 07307829     EISSN: 15338312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/mp.2010.27.5.413     Document Type: Review

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