Defining poor-pitch singing: A problem of measurement and sensitivity

Music Perception

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 272-282

  Bella, Simone Dalla ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTPELLIER   (France)

Author keywords

disorders; pitch; poor pitch singing; singing; tone deafness

Indexed keywords

EID: 84923093487     PISSN: 07307829     EISSN: 15338312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/MP.2015.32.3.272     Document Type: Article

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