Tonal language background and detecting pitch contour in spoken and musical items

Psychology of Music

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 59-74

  Stevens, Catherine J ^a   Keller, Peter E ^a   Tyler, Michael D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Contour; Fundamental frequency; Music perception; Pitch perception; Thai speech; Tonal language

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877910149     PISSN: 03057356     EISSN: 17413087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0305735611415749     Document Type: Article

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