Comparing methods of musical pitch processing: How perfect is Perfect Pitch?

Authors

  • Andrea Unrau McMaster University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15173/mjc.v3i0.232

Keywords:

Relative Pitch, Absolute Pitch, Perfect Pitch, Auditory Systems, Tonotopic Map,

Abstract

Unrau interrogates notions of “perfect” and “relative” pitch. She establishes which of these two processing methods is more useful across different listening conditions, why relative pitch seems to “win out” for most people as their primary method of processing music, and how the two processes could possibly interact or affect each other.

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Published

2006-01-01