The detection and tracing of melodic key changes |
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Authors: | Bishara Anthony J Radvansky Gabriel A |
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Institution: | Department of Psychology, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri 63130-4899, USA. ajbishar@artsci.wustl.edu |
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Abstract: | Adjusting to key changes in music is vital to a listener's understanding of it, although it is unclear when this adjustment occurs. In three experiments, participants heard obscure melodies that sometimes contained key changes. Both the number of notes after the change and the change distance were manipulated. For one task, the participants were explicitly asked to detect a change. For another task, the participants rated probe tones. These ratings allowed us to trace the listeners' multiple representations of keys. Results suggest that old keys were abruptly abandoned but that new keys were accepted gradually. More distant key changes (e.g., C-F#) were associated with more accurate detection of change, as well as with more time being required to adapt to the new key. |
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