Prevalence of absolute pitch: A comparison between Japanese and Polish music students

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 132, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 3484-3493

  Miyazaki, Kenichi ^a   Makomaska, Sylwia ^b   Rakowski, Andrzej ^c  

^a NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^c Fryderyk Chopin University of Music   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSOLUTE PITCH; ELECTRIC ORGANS; PITCH NAMING;

ACOUSTICS; PHYSICS;

STUDENTS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; AUDIOMETRY; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEARING; HUMAN; JAPAN; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; MUSIC; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; POLAND; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECOGNITION; STUDENT;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AUDIOMETRY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); HUMANS; JAPAN; MIDDLE AGED; MUSIC; PITCH DISCRIMINATION; POLAND; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); STUDENTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84869105378     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.4756956     Document Type: Article

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