Effects of Stimulus Octave and Timbre on the Tuning Accuracy of Advanced College Instrumentalists

Journal of Research in Music Education

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 344-359

  Byo, James L ^a   Schlegel, Amanda L ^b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

intonation; octave; pitch discrimination; pitch perception; timbre; tuning

Indexed keywords

EID: 84987722706     PISSN: 00224294     EISSN: 19450095     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022429416662451     Document Type: Article

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