Global ETD Search
Search theses and dissertations gathered from participating repositories worldwide. Every result links back to the library that holds it. No account is needed.
Results
Showing 1 to 11 of 11 for “"absolute pitch"”.
-
Absolute pitch training.
Thesis: B.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Electrical Engineering, 1973
-
Absolute Pitch and the P300: A Neuromusicological Study
… of the P300 elicited from the AP subjects in the pitch memory task is significantly smaller than that of the controls. There is also a substantial intragroup variance in the AP group. The hypothesis that the individual differences within the AP group are the result of different listening …
-
Can adults learn absolute pitch? Evaluating the “Melody Triggers” method
Despite over a century of research into absolute pitch (AP), musicians and scientists alike still cannot agree on what it is or how it develops. Some researchers maintain that it is innate, although there is little compelling evidence to support this. Many studies suggest that it can be fostered …
-
Can Adults Learn Absolute Pitch? Evaluating the "Melody Triggers" Method
Despite over a century of research into absolute pitch (AP), musicians and scientists alike still cannot agree on what it is or how it develops. Some researchers maintain that it is innate, although there is little compelling evidence to support this. Many studies suggest that it can be fostered …
-
Pitch internalization strategies of professional musicians.
Music educators agree that the internalization of pitch from music notation is essential for music literacy, but college music theory teachers often find that students' aural comprehension lags behind their visual comprehension of musical notation. Teachers may find pitch skills difficult to teach …
-
A Comparison of Aural and Visual Instructional Methodologies Designed to Improve the Intonation Accuracy of Seventh Grade Violin and Viola Instrumentalists.
… performance tasks: A, B, and C; (3) individual pitches (seven from each of the music tasks), and (4) differences between instrument groups: violin and viola. Sixty-eight seventh grade string students from three string classes of two middle schools were randomly assigned to two experimental …
-
Synesthesia and Perfect Pitch: A Possible Connection?
… -- the mixing of senses -- and perfect pitch -- auditary recognition of a musical pitch -- are two separate phenomena, ways of experiencing the world. These perceptions have been misunderstood for many years. They have bugged psychologists for ages, and scientific breakthroughs have only …
-
Behavioral and Psychophysiological Responses of 4-month-old Infants to Differing Rates of Infant Directed Speech
… measures, most research has focused on various pitch characteristics (i.e., IDS is higher in absolute pitch and more variable in pitch across utterance length). Work from our lab has found that when the pitch characteristics of IDS were held constant, but the temporal features were manipulated, …
-
The auditory fingerprint : multidimensional characterization of individual pitch perception in musicians
… style, as well as musical abilities such as absolute- and relative pitch perception or auditory imagery (audiation). However, relevant literature in the field regarding perceptual and psychophysical aspects of sound and particularly pitch perception is highly contradictory, and subjective …
-
Intonational strategies in ensemble singing
… work, due to its superior capability to define pitch as compared to other musical instruments. Ensemble singing was also required, as harmonic context may be important in the clarification of the issue, Chapter One, as an introduction to the subject, considers tuning systems and temperaments and …