In tune or out of tune: Are different instruments and voice heard differently?

Journal of Research in Music Education

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 89-101

  Geringer, John M ^a   MacLeod, Rebecca B ^b   Sasanfar, Justine K ^c  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

^c WICHITA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

instruments; intonation; perception; timbre; voice

Indexed keywords

EID: 84930728975     PISSN: 00224294     EISSN: 19450095     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022429415572025     Document Type: Article

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