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Inversions of brief melodies are more difficult to recognize than are transposed repetitions of those melodies. Distinguishing between transposed repetitions and repetitions in which only the melodie contour (the pattern of ups and downs) is repeated is very difficult, as is distinguishing between exact inversions and inversions of the melodie contour.
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Supported by a faculty summer research grant from UCLA. Computing time provided by the Department of Psychology and the Campus Computing Network, UCLA. I thank E. C. Carterette, D. Noiman, and R. Greer for helpful comments.
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Dowling, W.J. Recognition of inversions of melodies and melodie contours. Perception & Psychophysics 9, 348–349 (1971). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03212663
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