Effects of stimulus octave and timbre on the tuning accuracy of secondary school instrumentalists

Journal of Research in Music Education

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 316-328

  Byo, James L ^a   Schlegel, Amanda L ^a   Clark, N Alan ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

aural discrimination; intonation; tuning

Indexed keywords

EID: 78651252521     PISSN: 00224294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022429410386230     Document Type: Article

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