A psychophysical pitch function determined by absolute magnitude estimation and its relation to the musical pitch scale

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 131, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 987-992

  Mikiewicz, Andrzej ^a   Rakowski, Andrzej ^a  

^a Fryderyk Chopin University of Music   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSOLUTE PITCH; COGNITIVE PRINCIPLES; FREQUENCY RANGES; FREQUENCY RATIOS; FREQUENCY SCALE; HIGHER FREQUENCIES; MAGNITUDE ESTIMATION; MUSICAL PITCH; PSYCHOPHYSICAL; PURE TONES; RELATIVE PITCH;

ESTIMATION; SENSORY PERCEPTION;

FREQUENCY ESTIMATION;

ARTICLE; COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; HEARING; HUMAN; MUSIC; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOPHYSICS;

COGNITION; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MUSIC; PITCH DISCRIMINATION; PSYCHOACOUSTICS;

EID: 84855973746     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.3651094     Document Type: Article

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