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Four experiments assessed pitch and temporal contributions to phrase judgments made on excerpts from classical music. In Experiment 1, pitch-condition trials retained the original pitch pattern but were equitemporal, temporal-condition trials retained the original temporal pattern but were equitonal, and combined-condition trials contained both patterns. In Experiment 2, one pattern was shifted in phase and recombined with the other pattern to create the pitch and temporal conditions; in the combined condition, both patterns were shifted together. The stimuli in Experiments 3 and 4 used durations from a recorded performance. In all experiments, a linear combination of the pitch- and temporal-condition ratings accurately predicted the combinedcondition ratings. Familiarity with the music resulted in a higher correlation between pitch- and temporal-condition ratings, but did not alter the additive relationship; performance timing had little effect.
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This research was supported by a predoctoral fellowship from the National Science Foundation to the first author and by Grant MH 39079 from the National Institute of Mental Health to the second author.
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Palmer, C., Krumhansl, C.L. Pitch and temporal contributions to musical phrase perception: Effects of harmony, performance timing, and familiarity. Perception & Psychophysics 41, 505–518 (1987). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03210485
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