The vocal generosity effect: How bad can your singing be?

Music Perception

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 147-159

  Hutchins, Sean ^a   Roquet, Catherine ^a   Peretz, Isabelle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Perception; Pitch; Tuning; Violin; Voice

Indexed keywords

EID: 84869487517     PISSN: 07307829     EISSN: 15338312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/mp.2012.30.2.147     Document Type: Article

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