Acoustic structure of the five perceptual dimensions of timbre in orchestral instrument tones

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 133, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 389-404

  Elliott, Taffeta M ^a   Hamilton, Liberty S ^a   Theunissen, Frédéric E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC STRUCTURES; DISCRIMINANT FUNCTION ANALYSIS; EMERGENT PROPERTY; MODEL COMPARISON; MODULATION POWER; MULTI-DIMENSIONAL SCALING; SPECTRAL FEATURE;

ACOUSTIC PROPERTIES; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; SEMANTICS;

ACOUSTIC MEASURING INSTRUMENTS;

ACOUSTICS; ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; AUDIOMETRY; AUDITORY STIMULATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HEARING; HUMAN; MALE; MUSIC; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REPRODUCIBILITY; SOUND DETECTION; TIME;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ACOUSTICS; ADULT; ALGORITHMS; AUDIOMETRY; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MUSIC; PITCH DISCRIMINATION; PITCH PERCEPTION; PSYCHOACOUSTICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84872079621     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.4770244     Document Type: Article

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