The ambiguous tactus: Tempo, subdivision benefit, and three listener strategies

Music Perception

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 433-448

  Martens, Peter A ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Beat induction; Beat finding; Meter; Synchronization; Tactus

Indexed keywords

EID: 79958760637     PISSN: 07307829     EISSN: 15338312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/mp.2011.28.5.433     Document Type: Article

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