Musical tension and the interaction of dynamic auditory parameters

Music Perception

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 219-245

  Granot, Rqni Y ^a   Eitan, Zohar ^b  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Ecological model; Loudness; Musical tension; Pitch direction; Pitch register

Indexed keywords

EID: 79954474359     PISSN: 07307829     EISSN: 15338312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/MP.2011.28.3.219     Document Type: Article

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