Browsing Empirical Musicology Review: Volume 2, Number 1 (2007) by Title
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Commentary on "Timbre as an Elusive Component of Imagery for Music," by Freya Bailes
Halpern, Andrea ( 2007-01 )The study of musical timbre by Bailes (2007) raises important questions concerning the relative ease of imaging complex perceptual attributes such as timbre, compared to more unidimensional attributes. I also raise the ... -
The Contribution of Anthropometric Factors to Individual Differences in the Perception of Rhythm
Todd, Neil P. McAngus; Cousins, Rosanna; Lee, Christopher S. ( 2007-01 )In a sample of 44 human subjects, aged between 18 and 38 years, two distinct measurement procedures were carried out: (1) a psychophysical procedure to determine ‘preferred beat rate’ and (2) standard anthropometry to ... -
Do Preferred Beat Rate and Entrainment to the Beat Have a Common Origin in Movement?
Trainor, Laurel J. ( 2007-01 )The idea that beat induction derives from body movement is attractive, but until recently unequivocal empirical evidence of such a linkage has been elusive. Todd et al. (2007) provide evidence that individual differences ... -
Embodied Rhythm: Commentary on "The Contribution of Anthropometric Factors to Individual Differences in the Perception of Rhythm" by Neil P. McAngus Todd, Rosanna Cousins, and Christopher S. Lee
Repp, Bruno H. ( 2007-01 )Todd, Cousins, and Lee (2007) have presented some intriguing data suggesting that body size, as measured by standard anthropometric indices, is related to the preferred beat period in a perceptual task. Curiously, however, ... -
Timbre as an Elusive Component of Imagery for Music
Bailes, Freya ( 2007-01 )Evidence of the ability to imagine timbre is either anecdotal, or applies to isolated instrument tones rather than timbre in real music. Experiments were conducted to infer the vividness of timbre in imagery for music. ... -
Why Not Study Polytonal Psychophysics?
Cook, Norman D.; Fujisawa, Takashi X.; Konaka, Hiroo ( 2007-01 )The relative consonance/dissonance of 2-tone intervals is well understood both experimentally and theoretically and provides a strong foundation for explaining why diatonic scales or their subsets are used in most musical ...