A parametric, temporal model of musical tension

Music Perception

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 387-428

  Farbood, Morwaread M ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Change perception; Musical tension; Temporal dynamics; Trend salience; Web study

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859599602     PISSN: 07307829     EISSN: 15338312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/mp.2012.29.4.387     Document Type: Article

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